diff --git a/src/Autopilot/autopilotgroup.cxx b/src/Autopilot/autopilotgroup.cxx
index c60ea3010..836f7c4cb 100644
--- a/src/Autopilot/autopilotgroup.cxx
+++ b/src/Autopilot/autopilotgroup.cxx
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ void FGXMLAutopilotGroupImplementation::removeAutopilot( const std::string & nam
     FGXMLAutopilot::Autopilot * ap = (FGXMLAutopilot::Autopilot*)get_subsystem( name );
     if( ap == NULL ) return; // ?
     remove_subsystem( name );
-    delete ap;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Autopilot/autopilotgroup.hxx b/src/Autopilot/autopilotgroup.hxx
index 5390f8c43..ef97927c1 100644
--- a/src/Autopilot/autopilotgroup.hxx
+++ b/src/Autopilot/autopilotgroup.hxx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class FGXMLAutopilotGroup : public SGSubsystemGroup
 {
 public:
     static FGXMLAutopilotGroup * createInstance(const std::string& nodeName);
+    
     void addAutopilotFromFile( const std::string & name, SGPropertyNode_ptr apNode, const char * path );
     virtual void addAutopilot( const std::string & name, SGPropertyNode_ptr apNode, SGPropertyNode_ptr config ) = 0;
     virtual void removeAutopilot( const std::string & name ) = 0;