diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
index 73137f98d0..975c8c565e 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
@@ -451,13 +451,6 @@ function(jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTy
     var getSkeleton = function(url) {
         jobResultsService.getEvents(url)
             .then(events => {
-                // old job check: if the job is complete, there is result stdout, and
-                // there are no job events, it's an old job
-                if ($scope.jobFinished) {
-                    $scope.showLegacyJobErrorMessage = $scope.job.result_stdout.length &&
-                        !events.results.length;
-                }
-
                 events.results.forEach(event => {
                     if (event.start_line === 0 && event.end_line === 0) {
                         $scope.isOld++;