diff --git a/src/common/menucmn.cpp b/src/common/menucmn.cpp
index ed2132ecea..ad6dbe1bec 100644
--- a/src/common/menucmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/menucmn.cpp
@@ -470,8 +470,6 @@ void wxMenuBase::Init(long style)
 wxMenuBase::~wxMenuBase()
 {
     WX_CLEAR_LIST(wxMenuItemList, m_items);
-
-    // Actually, in GTK, the submenus have to get deleted first.
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/gtk/menu.cpp b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
index 19bd462243..7ab046000a 100644
--- a/src/gtk/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
@@ -1070,8 +1070,6 @@ void wxMenu::Init()
 
 wxMenu::~wxMenu()
 {
-   WX_CLEAR_LIST(wxMenuItemList, m_items);
-
    if ( GTK_IS_WIDGET( m_menu ))
    {
        // see wxMenu::Init