diff --git a/pkg/ctl/topic/list.go b/pkg/ctl/topic/list.go
index e8134778..f374ada7 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/topic/list.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/topic/list.go
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ func doListTopics(vc *cmdutils.VerbCmd) error {
 		WithTextFunc(func(w io.Writer) error {
 			table := tablewriter.NewWriter(w)
 			vc.OutputConfig.TableConfig(table)
-			vc.OutputConfig.TableConfig(table)
 			table.SetHeader([]string{"topic name", "partitioned ?"})
 
 			for _, v := range partitionedTopics {