diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/StatementsProvider.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/StatementsProvider.php
index f78bd3e83b9..d6d5d4abccc 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/StatementsProvider.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/StatementsProvider.php
@@ -155,10 +155,6 @@ public function getStatementsForFile(
 
             $existing_statements = $this->parser_cache_provider->loadExistingStatementsFromCache($file_path);
 
-            if ($existing_statements && !$existing_statements[0] instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt) {
-                $existing_statements = null;
-            }
-
             $existing_file_contents = $this->parser_cache_provider->loadExistingFileContentsFromCache($file_path);
 
             // this happens after editing temporary file