diff --git a/loading.bs b/loading.bs
index 844c9929..2f340733 100644
--- a/loading.bs
+++ b/loading.bs
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ add the following steps:
             preload info/target=], a destination of the result of
             [=destination/translating=] |asAttribute|, and a corsAttributeState
             of |corsAttributeState|.
-        1. Set |request|'s [=request/synchronous flag=].
         1. Set |request|'s [=request/client=] to |document|.
         1. Set |request|'s [=request/cryptographic nonce metadata=] to
             |preloadLinkItem|'s [=alternate signed exchange preload