diff --git a/arch/xtensa/src/common/xtensa_exit.c b/arch/xtensa/src/common/xtensa_exit.c
index 612862de418..bbd050afa17 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/src/common/xtensa_exit.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/src/common/xtensa_exit.c
@@ -143,16 +143,6 @@ void up_exit(int status)
 
   nxsched_resume_scheduler(tcb);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_ADDRENV
-  /* Make sure that the address environment for the previously running
-   * task is closed down gracefully (data caches dump, MMU flushed) and
-   * set up the address environment for the new thread at the head of
-   * the ready-to-run list.
-   */
-
-  group_addrenv(tcb);
-#endif
-
   /* Then switch contexts */
 
   xtensa_context_restore(tcb->xcp.regs);