diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
index 82427b2ddb..00b5dc7523 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
@@ -143,10 +143,7 @@ static JS::NonnullGCPtr<HTML::BrowsingContext> obtain_a_browsing_context_to_use_
         // 3. Set newBrowsingContext's popup sandboxing flag set to a clone of sandboxFlags.
     }
 
-    // 6. Discard browsingContext.
-    browsing_context.discard();
-
-    // 7. Return newBrowsingContext.
+    // 6. Return newBrowsingContext.
     return new_browsing_context;
 }