diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/APIMappingUtil.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/APIMappingUtil.java
index 5916c3b8c990..ab778815c2dc 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/APIMappingUtil.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/APIMappingUtil.java
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ public static API fromDTOtoAPI(APIDTO dto, String provider) throws APIManagement
         context = updateContextWithVersion(dto.getVersion(), originalContext, context);
         model.setContext(context);
         model.setDescription(dto.getDescription());
-
-        if (dto != null && dto.getSequence() != null) {
-            model.setSequence(dto.getSequence());
-        }
-
         Object endpointConfig = dto.getEndpointConfig();
 
         // update the sequence name generated