Zero out GC children with explicit memory stores

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/src/gc.c b/runtime/src/gc.c
index b15c20dc..8d2efc08 100644
--- a/runtime/src/gc.c
+++ b/runtime/src/gc.c
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ void* shed__runtime__gc_alloc(size_t size, uint32_t children_offset, uint32_t ch
     object->children_offset = children_offset;
     object->children_count = children_count;
 
-    __builtin_memset(
-        ((void*) object) + children_offset,
-        0,
-        sizeof(void*) * children_count
-    );
-
     // TODO: is it possible to leave adding the root to the caller, and avoid
     // having to add so many roots? (Since some values will immediately become a
     // descendant of a root.)