diff --git a/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py b/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
index 7d6e511cdb62958e94192d04e22c7dc66f4c5eaf..d11334ee6d8174d31c4646bd5ec18cec8d1a3d99 100644
--- a/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
+++ b/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ class Dynesty(NestedSampler):
         sampler_kwargs['add_live'] = True
         self.start_time = datetime.datetime.now()
         while True:
-            sampler_kwargs['maxcall'] += self.n_check_point
             self._run_nested_wrapper(sampler_kwargs)
             if self.sampler.ncall == old_ncall:
                 break