diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py
index de9a8f73d4..60f379ebf3 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py
@@ -1391,7 +1391,6 @@ def _create_manager_agent(self) -> None:
                     "Manager agent should not have tools",
                     color="bold_yellow",
                 )
-                manager.tools = []
                 raise Exception("Manager agent should not have tools")
         else:
             self.manager_llm = create_llm(self.manager_llm)