diff --git a/src/game/server/tf/entity_bird.cpp b/src/game/server/tf/entity_bird.cpp
index 3be87ff86..a5a26db9f 100644
--- a/src/game/server/tf/entity_bird.cpp
+++ b/src/game/server/tf/entity_bird.cpp
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ void CEntityBird::SpawnRandomBirds( void )
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	pFileKV->deleteThis();
 }