diff --git a/docs/source/changes.md b/docs/source/changes.md
index 40cd0251..e3b5a07e 100644
--- a/docs/source/changes.md
+++ b/docs/source/changes.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ releases are available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pytask) and
 - {pull}`496` makes pytask even lazier. Now, when a task produces a node whose hash
   remains the same, the consecutive tasks are not executed. It remained from when pytask
   relied on timestamps.
+- {pull}`497` removes unnecessary code in the collection of tasks.
 
 ## 0.4.2 - 2023-11-08
 
diff --git a/src/_pytask/collect.py b/src/_pytask/collect.py
index 6fcb1206..68170283 100644
--- a/src/_pytask/collect.py
+++ b/src/_pytask/collect.py
@@ -95,15 +95,6 @@ def _collect_from_paths(session: Session) -> None:
 def _collect_from_tasks(session: Session) -> None:
     """Collect tasks from user provided tasks via the functional interface."""
     for raw_task in session.config.get("tasks", ()):
-        if isinstance(raw_task, PTask):
-            report = session.hook.pytask_collect_task_protocol(
-                session=session,
-                reports=session.collection_reports,
-                path=None,
-                name=None,
-                obj=raw_task,
-            )
-
         if is_task_function(raw_task):
             if not hasattr(raw_task, "pytask_meta"):
                 raw_task = task_decorator()(raw_task)  # noqa: PLW2901
@@ -127,8 +118,8 @@ def _collect_from_tasks(session: Session) -> None:
 
             name = raw_task.pytask_meta.name
 
-        # When a task is not a PTask and a callable, set arbitrary values and it will
-        # pass without errors and not collected.
+        # When a task is not a callable, it can be anything or a PTask. Set arbitrary
+        # values and it will pass without errors and not collected.
         else:
             name = ""
             path = None
diff --git a/tests/test_execute.py b/tests/test_execute.py
index e3b4bdac..c1107981 100644
--- a/tests/test_execute.py
+++ b/tests/test_execute.py
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 from pytask import build
 from pytask import cli
 from pytask import ExitCode
+from pytask import PathNode
 from pytask import TaskOutcome
+from pytask import TaskWithoutPath
 
 
 @pytest.mark.xfail(sys.platform == "win32", reason="See #293.")
@@ -991,3 +993,18 @@ def task_second(path = Path("out.txt")) -> Annotated[str, Path("copy.txt")]:
     assert result.exit_code == ExitCode.OK
     assert "1  Succeeded" in result.output
     assert "1  Skipped because unchanged" in result.output
+
+
+def test_use_functional_interface_with_task(tmp_path):
+    def func(path):
+        path.touch()
+
+    task = TaskWithoutPath(
+        name="task",
+        function=func,
+        produces={"path": PathNode(path=tmp_path / "out.txt")},
+    )
+
+    session = build(tasks=[task])
+    assert session.exit_code == ExitCode.OK
+    assert tmp_path.joinpath("out.txt").exists()