diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/xml_document_fragment.c b/ext/nokogiri/xml_document_fragment.c
index 2d7fb17150..45de13ca5a 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/xml_document_fragment.c
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/xml_document_fragment.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ static VALUE new(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
   rb_node = Nokogiri_wrap_xml_node(klass, node);
   rb_obj_call_init(rb_node, argc, argv);
 
-  if(rb_block_given_p()) rb_yield(rb_node);
-
   return rb_node;
 }