diff --git a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-commodity.c b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-commodity.c
index 7973c543df..f9c2cf9b76 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-commodity.c
+++ b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-commodity.c
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ gnc_tree_view_commodity_class_init (GncTreeViewCommodityClass *klass)
 
     /* GtkWidget signals */
     widget_class->destroy = gnc_tree_view_commodity_destroy;
-
-    g_type_class_add_private(klass, sizeof(GncTreeViewCommodityPrivate));
 }
 
 static void