diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
index d0006ec..0ed0fd4 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class QPDFObject
 
   public:
     QPDFObject() = default;
-    virtual ~QPDFObject() = default;
 
     std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
     shallowCopy()