diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
index 22c400a..df8ea42 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 class QPDFObject
 {
   public:
-    DLL_EXPORT
     virtual ~QPDFObject() {}
     DLL_EXPORT
     virtual std::string unparse() = 0;