diff --git a/sumpy/symbolic.py b/sumpy/symbolic.py
index c1599a5dfa112928608fc4be9e5f5a356438ce5a..48d43a5efbc813d111f2003cc293b6bf82ec3e39 100644
--- a/sumpy/symbolic.py
+++ b/sumpy/symbolic.py
@@ -308,9 +308,6 @@ class SympyToPymbolicMapper(SympyToPymbolicMapperBase):
             if isinstance(child, Pow) and isinstance(child.exp, Integer) \
                     and child.exp < 0:
                 den_args.append(self.rec(child.base)**(-self.rec(child.exp)))
-            elif isinstance(child, Rational) and not isinstance(child, Integer):
-                num_args.append(self.rec(child.p))
-                den_args.append(self.rec(child.q))
             else:
                 num_args.append(self.rec(child))