diff --git a/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_workers_startup.py b/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_workers_startup.py
index 7769216e04..c196477a5d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_workers_startup.py
+++ b/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_workers_startup.py
@@ -871,8 +871,6 @@ class CacheMacroCodeWorker(QtCore.QThread):
                 )
             with self.lock:
                 self.failed.append(macro_name)
-                self.repo_queue.task_done()
-                self.counter += 1
 
 
 class GetMacroDetailsWorker(QtCore.QThread):