diff --git a/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQPollerNN.cxx b/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQPollerNN.cxx
index 1a2cd252..30383b93 100644
--- a/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQPollerNN.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQPollerNN.cxx
@@ -231,8 +231,5 @@ bool FairMQPollerNN::CheckOutput(const string channelKey, const int index)
 
 FairMQPollerNN::~FairMQPollerNN()
 {
-    if (items != NULL)
-    {
-        delete[] items;
-    }
+    delete[] items;
 }
diff --git a/fairmq/shmem/FairMQPollerSHM.cxx b/fairmq/shmem/FairMQPollerSHM.cxx
index 6d4eedf3..1a216077 100644
--- a/fairmq/shmem/FairMQPollerSHM.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/FairMQPollerSHM.cxx
@@ -234,8 +234,5 @@ bool FairMQPollerSHM::CheckOutput(const string channelKey, const int index)
 
 FairMQPollerSHM::~FairMQPollerSHM()
 {
-    if (items != NULL)
-    {
-        delete[] items;
-    }
+    delete[] items;
 }
diff --git a/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQPollerZMQ.cxx b/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQPollerZMQ.cxx
index ce63723c..4a50fdfc 100644
--- a/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQPollerZMQ.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQPollerZMQ.cxx
@@ -234,8 +234,5 @@ bool FairMQPollerZMQ::CheckOutput(const string channelKey, const int index)
 
 FairMQPollerZMQ::~FairMQPollerZMQ()
 {
-    if (items != NULL)
-    {
-        delete[] items;
-    }
+    delete[] items;
 }