diff --git a/src/columns/ColTags.cpp b/src/columns/ColTags.cpp
index 82bd7c2a8..3eece3d00 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColTags.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColTags.cpp
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ ColumnTags::ColumnTags ()
   _hyphenate = context.config.getBoolean ("hyphenate");
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-ColumnTags::~ColumnTags ()
-{
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Overriden so that style <----> label are linked.
 // Note that you can not determine which gets called first.
diff --git a/src/columns/ColTags.h b/src/columns/ColTags.h
index d5f071491..8cd61567d 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColTags.h
+++ b/src/columns/ColTags.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ class ColumnTags : public ColumnTypeString
 {
 public:
   ColumnTags ();
-  ~ColumnTags ();
-
   void setStyle (const std::string&);
   void measure (Task&, unsigned int&, unsigned int&);
   void render (std::vector <std::string>&, Task&, int, Color&);