diff --git a/include/extractor/extraction_containers.hpp b/include/extractor/extraction_containers.hpp
index 848e4576e..9bdcf4e46 100644
--- a/include/extractor/extraction_containers.hpp
+++ b/include/extractor/extraction_containers.hpp
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ class ExtractionContainers
 
     ExtractionContainers();
 
-    ~ExtractionContainers();
-
     void PrepareData(const std::string &output_file_name,
                      const std::string &restrictions_file_name,
                      const std::string &names_file_name,
diff --git a/src/extractor/extraction_containers.cpp b/src/extractor/extraction_containers.cpp
index 7aecf09a5..9af67e855 100644
--- a/src/extractor/extraction_containers.cpp
+++ b/src/extractor/extraction_containers.cpp
@@ -51,18 +51,6 @@ ExtractionContainers::ExtractionContainers()
     name_lengths.push_back(0);
 }
 
-ExtractionContainers::~ExtractionContainers()
-{
-    // FIXME isn't this done implicitly of the stxxl::vectors go out of scope?
-    used_node_id_list.clear();
-    all_nodes_list.clear();
-    all_edges_list.clear();
-    name_char_data.clear();
-    name_lengths.clear();
-    restrictions_list.clear();
-    way_start_end_id_list.clear();
-}
-
 /**
  * Processes the collected data and serializes it.
  * At this point nodes are still referenced by their OSM id.