diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc b/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc
index 323435bdd9..a4da437934 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/abstract_ui.cc
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ AbstractUI<RequestObject>::handle_ui_requests ()
                                         if (vec.buf[0]->invalidation) {
                                                 vec.buf[0]->invalidation->requests.remove (vec.buf[0]);
                                         }
-                                        delete vec.buf[0];
                                         i->second->increment_read_ptr (1);
                                 }
                         }