diff --git a/dumux/linear/pardisobackend.hh b/dumux/linear/pardisobackend.hh
index 16ca9f1d617331bf09d869e8272cf15705692df8..9ee5d39d0e4541607e2c1539697c16e41ee648f0 100644
--- a/dumux/linear/pardisobackend.hh
+++ b/dumux/linear/pardisobackend.hh
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ public:
             delete a_;
             delete ia_;
             delete ja_;
-            delete pt_;
         }
     }