(CNN) In light of the controversial "Leaving Neverland" documentary, "The Simpsons" is yanking one of its classic episodes featuring Michael Jackson.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the show is removing the 1991 episode titled "Stark Raving Dad" which featured Jackson's voice as a character named Leon Kompowsky, a patient Homer Simpson meets in a mental institution who claims to be the singer.

The episode has been a fan favorite since it debuted, giving the world an earworm in the form of a birthday song Jackson sings to the Lisa Simpson character.

But "Simpsons" longtime executive producer James L. Brooks told the publication that in light of the disturbing claims made in the HBO documentary , pulling the episode "feels clearly the only choice to make."

"The guys I work with -- where we spend our lives arguing over jokes -- were of one mind on this," Brooks said.

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