diff --git a/src/utilities/ntrace/PluginLogWriter.cpp b/src/utilities/ntrace/PluginLogWriter.cpp
index 284dc10f00..1a09af23a6 100644
--- a/src/utilities/ntrace/PluginLogWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/ntrace/PluginLogWriter.cpp
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ PluginLogWriter::~PluginLogWriter()
 
 	if (m_fileHandle != -1)
 		::close(m_fileHandle);
-
-	if (m_sharedMemory && m_sharedMemory->getHeader())
-		m_sharedMemory->removeMapFile();
 }
 
 SINT64 PluginLogWriter::seekToEnd()