diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Indexer/Category/Flat/AbstractAction.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Indexer/Category/Flat/AbstractAction.php
index 24d81f0054c5a..3bb121fe87ef5 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Indexer/Category/Flat/AbstractAction.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Indexer/Category/Flat/AbstractAction.php
@@ -369,9 +369,6 @@ protected function getAttributeValues($entityIds, $storeId)
         }
         $values = [];
 
-        foreach ($entityIds as $entityId) {
-            $values[$entityId] = [];
-        }
         $attributes = $this->getAttributes();
         $attributesType = ['varchar', 'int', 'decimal', 'text', 'datetime'];
         foreach ($attributesType as $type) {