diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 8f27f87eab6638592973c03c5c7ca2316364a11f..662624d9cb94cff6436d71016703c558c974c579 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
     x <- x[as.vector(y)]
   }
   dim(x) <- old_dims[new_order]
-  if (length(attr_bk) > 0) {
-    if (names(attr_bk) == 'dimnames') {
-      attr_bk <- list(dimnames = attr_bk$dimnames[new_order])
-    } 
-  }
   attributes(x) <- c(attributes(x), attr_bk)
   x
 }