diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
index 11397d87b47..b6e48165f39 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@ TerminalWidget::TerminalWidget(QWidget *parent, const OpenTerminalParameters &op
     m_aggregate->add(m_search.get());
 }
 
-TerminalWidget::~TerminalWidget()
-{
-    // The Aggregate stuff tries to do clever deletion of the children, but we
-    // we don't want that.
-    m_aggregate->remove(this);
-}
-
 void TerminalWidget::setupPty()
 {
     m_process = std::make_unique<Process>();
diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
index 4f56f39efe4..f44a721bd31 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class TerminalWidget : public QAbstractScrollArea
 public:
     TerminalWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr,
                    const Utils::Terminal::OpenTerminalParameters &openParameters = {});
-    ~TerminalWidget() override;
 
     void setFont(const QFont &font);