diff --git a/gap/main/setup.gi b/gap/main/setup.gi
index 5a1af9de5..550bc798c 100644
--- a/gap/main/setup.gi
+++ b/gap/main/setup.gi
@@ -1030,7 +1030,6 @@ end);
 
 InstallMethod(ChooseHashFunction, "for an object and an int",
 [IsObject, IsInt],
-1,
 {p, hashlen} -> rec(func := {v, data} -> 1, data := fail));
 
 # The next two methods are more general than might seem necessary but