diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/reference/OpenAPI31Traverser.java b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/reference/OpenAPI31Traverser.java
index 7611687f87..68e0f0fc85 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/reference/OpenAPI31Traverser.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/reference/OpenAPI31Traverser.java
@@ -1056,9 +1056,6 @@ public void mergeSchemas(Schema source, Schema target) {
         if (source.getMaxLength() != null){
             target.setMaxLength(source.getMaxLength());
         }
-        if (source.get$anchor() != null){
-            target.set$anchor(source.get$anchor());
-        }
         if (source.get$comment() != null){
             target.set$comment(source.get$comment());
         }