diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
index a897bb58c..97fa36f5b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
@@ -3220,7 +3220,6 @@ void RsGenExchange::performUpdateValidation()
 			gu.newGrp = NULL ;
 		}
 
-		delete gu.oldGrpMeta;
 		gu.oldGrpMeta = NULL ;
 	}
 	// notify the client