diff --git a/compilerplugins/clang/unnecessaryoverride.cxx b/compilerplugins/clang/unnecessaryoverride.cxx
index 953abcb65fd9..64239a62746f 100644
--- a/compilerplugins/clang/unnecessaryoverride.cxx
+++ b/compilerplugins/clang/unnecessaryoverride.cxx
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ bool UnnecessaryOverride::VisitCXXMethodDecl(const CXXMethodDecl* methodDecl)
             return true;
         }
     }
-    if (dyn_cast<CXXDestructorDecl>(methodDecl)) {
-        return true;
-    }
     // sometimes the disambiguation happens in a base class
     StringRef aFileName = compiler.getSourceManager().getFilename(compiler.getSourceManager().getSpellingLoc(methodDecl->getLocStart()));
     if (aFileName == SRCDIR "/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainer.cxx")