diff --git a/src/frontend/trannoise/wallace.c b/src/frontend/trannoise/wallace.c
index 8421b2d19..ef0383e7f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/trannoise/wallace.c
+++ b/src/frontend/trannoise/wallace.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ initw(void)
     addrif = TMALLOC(unsigned int, (n + NOTRANS));
     addrib = TMALLOC(unsigned int, (n + NOTRANS));
 
-    atexit(destroy_wallace);
-
     /* fill the first pool with normally distributed values */
     PolarGauss(&pool1[0], &pool1[1]);
     for (i = 1; i < n>>1; i++)