diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.new.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.new.js
index f0f5eab4a99f5..740ed6dca40a5 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.new.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.new.js
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ import {
   cancelTimeout,
   noTimeout,
   afterActiveInstanceBlur,
-  clearContainer,
   getCurrentEventPriority,
   supportsMicrotasks,
   errorHydratingContainer,
@@ -885,7 +884,6 @@ function recoverFromConcurrentError(root, errorRetryLanes) {
     if (__DEV__) {
       errorHydratingContainer(root.containerInfo);
     }
-    clearContainer(root.containerInfo);
   }
 
   let exitStatus;
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.old.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.old.js
index 353de50e1585a..673da7908c289 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.old.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberWorkLoop.old.js
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ import {
   cancelTimeout,
   noTimeout,
   afterActiveInstanceBlur,
-  clearContainer,
   getCurrentEventPriority,
   supportsMicrotasks,
   errorHydratingContainer,
@@ -885,7 +884,6 @@ function recoverFromConcurrentError(root, errorRetryLanes) {
     if (__DEV__) {
       errorHydratingContainer(root.containerInfo);
     }
-    clearContainer(root.containerInfo);
   }
 
   let exitStatus;