diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Query.php b/lib/Doctrine/Query.php
index 0ccfd0c41..a7845e749 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Query.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Query.php
@@ -824,7 +824,6 @@ class Doctrine_Query extends Doctrine_Hydrate implements Countable {
                 switch(strtolower($this->conn->getName())) {
                     case 'mysql':
                         // mysql doesn't support LIMIT in subqueries
-                        $params   = array_merge($this->params, $params);
                         $list     = $this->conn->execute($subquery, $params)->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_COLUMN);
                         $subquery = implode(', ', $list);
                     break;