diff --git a/libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/SITL_connector.m b/libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/SITL_connector.m
index 5c1a4f0a39..6957f6b215 100644
--- a/libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/SITL_connector.m
+++ b/libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/SITL_connector.m
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ while true
 
     if ~connected
         % use port -1 to indicate connection to address of last recv pkt
-        pnet(u,'udpconnect',"",-1);
         connected = true;
         [ip, port] = pnet(u,'gethost');
         fprintf('Connected to %i.%i.%i.%i:%i\n',ip,port)