diff --git a/ext/openni2/gstopenni2src.cpp b/ext/openni2/gstopenni2src.cpp
index d798a82966..d7f770ac6a 100644
--- a/ext/openni2/gstopenni2src.cpp
+++ b/ext/openni2/gstopenni2src.cpp
@@ -681,5 +681,4 @@ openni2_finalise (GstOpenni2Src * src)
 {
   src->depth.destroy ();
   src->color.destroy ();
-  openni::OpenNI::shutdown ();
 }