diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py
index 03190a8294c..f04772e221a 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.py
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ class JournalEntry(AccountsController):
 					"account": tax_acc,
 					"account_currency": acc_curr,
 					"exchange_rate": exch_rate,
-					"is_tax_withholding_account": 1,
 					"debit": 0,
 					"credit": 0,
 					"debit_in_account_currency": 0,