diff --git a/pkg/JuliaInterface/gap/JuliaInterface.gi b/pkg/JuliaInterface/gap/JuliaInterface.gi
index d28a5f3c2..b86ca19e3 100644
--- a/pkg/JuliaInterface/gap/JuliaInterface.gi
+++ b/pkg/JuliaInterface/gap/JuliaInterface.gi
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ InstallMethod( \.,
         var := _WrapJuliaFunction( var );
     elif _JULIA_ISA( var, _JULIA_MODULE_TYPE ) then
         var := _WrapJuliaModule( rnam, var );
-        \.\:\=( module!.storage, rnum, var );
     fi;
 
     return var;
diff --git a/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/utils.tst b/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/utils.tst
index 3df6c57e1..49f8442f0 100644
--- a/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/utils.tst
+++ b/pkg/JuliaInterface/tst/utils.tst
@@ -85,5 +85,15 @@ gap> path:= GetJuliaScratchspace( "test_scratch" );;
 gap> IsDirectoryPath( path );
 true
 
+# Julia modules should not get cached, see #1044
+gap> JuliaEvalString("module foo  x = 1 end");
+<Julia: Main.foo>
+gap> Julia.foo.x;
+1
+gap> JuliaEvalString("module foo  x = 2 end");
+<Julia: Main.foo>
+gap> Julia.foo.x;
+2
+
 ##
 gap> STOP_TEST( "utils.tst" );