diff --git a/python/cugraph/cugraph/structure/graph_implementation/simpleDistributedGraph.py b/python/cugraph/cugraph/structure/graph_implementation/simpleDistributedGraph.py
index 29e0cc3019c..bbd3486749e 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/cugraph/structure/graph_implementation/simpleDistributedGraph.py
+++ b/python/cugraph/cugraph/structure/graph_implementation/simpleDistributedGraph.py
@@ -1193,7 +1193,5 @@ def _get_column_from_ls_dfs(lst_df, col_name):
     if len_df == 0:
         return lst_df[0][col_name]
     output_col = cudf.concat([df[col_name] for df in lst_df], ignore_index=True)
-    for df in lst_df:
-        df.drop(columns=[col_name], inplace=True)
-    gc.collect()
+    # FIXME: For now, don't delete the copied dataframe to avoid crash
     return output_col