diff --git a/mellon/views.py b/mellon/views.py
index aa162a4..f23c1de 100644
--- a/mellon/views.py
+++ b/mellon/views.py
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ class LogoutView(ProfileMixin, LogMixin, View):
         # the user shouldn't be logged anymore at this point but it may happen
         # that a concurrent SSO happened in the meantime, so we do another
         # logout to make sure.
-        auth.logout(request)
         try:
             logout.processResponseMsg(request.META['QUERY_STRING'])
         except lasso.ProfileStatusNotSuccessError: