diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ChainingCredentialsProvider.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ChainingCredentialsProvider.java
index 3941d3c55..739ddccc7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ChainingCredentialsProvider.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ChainingCredentialsProvider.java
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ public class ChainingCredentialsProvider extends CredentialsProvider {
 	public ChainingCredentialsProvider(CredentialsProvider... providers) {
 		this.credentialProviders = new ArrayList<CredentialsProvider>(
 				Arrays.asList(providers));
-		for (CredentialsProvider p : providers)
-			credentialProviders.add(p);
 	}
 
 	/**