diff --git a/hierarchical_select.module b/hierarchical_select.module
index 8f49512..7a622f9 100644
--- a/hierarchical_select.module
+++ b/hierarchical_select.module
@@ -692,9 +692,6 @@ function hierarchical_select_process($element, $edit, &$form_state, $form) {
   // is set to 'label_0' after an "Add" operation. When $element['#post'] is
   // NOT unset, the corresponding value in $element['#post'] will be used
   // instead of the default value that was set. This is undesired behavior.
-  if (isset($element['#post'])) {
-    unset($element['#post']);
-  }
 
   // Finally, calculate the return value of this hierarchical_select form
   // element. This will be set in _hierarchical_select_validate(). (If we'd