diff --git a/src/caffe/layers/hdf5_data_layer.cpp b/src/caffe/layers/hdf5_data_layer.cpp
index 1d3dc1e62ac..8a782f7e524 100644
--- a/src/caffe/layers/hdf5_data_layer.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/layers/hdf5_data_layer.cpp
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ void HDF5DataLayer<Dtype>::LayerSetUp(const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& bottom,
   // Load the first HDF5 file and initialize the line counter.
   LoadHDF5FileData(hdf_filenames_[file_permutation_[current_file_]].c_str());
   current_row_ = 0;
-  if (this->layer_param_.hdf5_data_param().shuffle()) {
-    std::random_shuffle(file_permutation_.begin(), file_permutation_.end());
-  }
 
   // Reshape blobs.
   const int batch_size = this->layer_param_.hdf5_data_param().batch_size();