diff --git a/include/svtools/openfiledroptargetlistener.hxx b/include/svtools/openfiledroptargetlistener.hxx
index af00e9bc769c..88e7dbe4da71 100644
--- a/include/svtools/openfiledroptargetlistener.hxx
+++ b/include/svtools/openfiledroptargetlistener.hxx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class SVT_DLLPUBLIC OpenFileDropTargetListener : public cppu::WeakImplHelper< cs
         css::uno::WeakReference< css::frame::XFrame > m_xTargetFrame;
 
         /// drag/drop info
-        DataFlavorExVector* m_pFormats;
+        DataFlavorExVector m_aFormats;
 
     public:
         OpenFileDropTargetListener( const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext,
diff --git a/svtools/source/misc/openfiledroptargetlistener.cxx b/svtools/source/misc/openfiledroptargetlistener.cxx
index df4d03b67474..802d326f480f 100644
--- a/svtools/source/misc/openfiledroptargetlistener.cxx
+++ b/svtools/source/misc/openfiledroptargetlistener.cxx
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ OpenFileDropTargetListener::OpenFileDropTargetListener( const css::uno::Referenc
                                         const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XFrame >&          xFrame  )
         : m_xContext      ( xContext                      )
         , m_xTargetFrame  ( xFrame                        )
-        , m_pFormats      ( new DataFlavorExVector        )
 {
 }
 
@@ -46,8 +45,6 @@ OpenFileDropTargetListener::~OpenFileDropTargetListener()
 {
     m_xTargetFrame.clear();
     m_xContext.clear();
-    delete m_pFormats;
-    m_pFormats = nullptr;
 }
 
 
@@ -145,8 +142,8 @@ void OpenFileDropTargetListener::implts_BeginDrag( const css::uno::Sequence< css
     /* SAFE { */
     SolarMutexGuard aGuard;
 
-    m_pFormats->clear();
-    TransferableDataHelper::FillDataFlavorExVector(rSupportedDataFlavors,*m_pFormats);
+    m_aFormats.clear();
+    TransferableDataHelper::FillDataFlavorExVector(rSupportedDataFlavors, m_aFormats);
     /* } SAFE */
 }
 
@@ -155,7 +152,7 @@ void OpenFileDropTargetListener::implts_EndDrag()
     /* SAFE { */
     SolarMutexGuard aGuard;
 
-    m_pFormats->clear();
+    m_aFormats.clear();
     /* } SAFE */
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +161,7 @@ bool OpenFileDropTargetListener::implts_IsDropFormatSupported( SotClipboardForma
     /* SAFE { */
     SolarMutexGuard aGuard;
 
-    DataFlavorExVector::iterator aIter( m_pFormats->begin() ), aEnd( m_pFormats->end() );
+    DataFlavorExVector::iterator aIter( m_aFormats.begin() ), aEnd( m_aFormats.end() );
     bool bRet = false;
 
     while ( aIter != aEnd )