diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/killappstep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/killappstep.cpp
index 09670155961..5ab7cd8e571 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/killappstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/killappstep.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ namespace RemoteLinux::Internal {
 class KillAppService : public AbstractRemoteLinuxDeployService
 {
 public:
-    ~KillAppService() override;
-
     void setRemoteExecutable(const FilePath &filePath);
 
 private:
@@ -44,11 +42,6 @@ private:
     DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr m_signalOperation;
 };
 
-KillAppService::~KillAppService()
-{
-    cleanup();
-}
-
 void KillAppService::setRemoteExecutable(const FilePath &filePath)
 {
     m_remoteExecutable = filePath;