diff --git a/src/xterm.c b/src/xterm.c
index a32f4e1..b5b3f19 100644
--- a/src/xterm.c
+++ b/src/xterm.c
@@ -10514,11 +10514,6 @@ x_delete_display (dpyinfo)
 	  tail->next = tail->next->next;
     }
 
-#ifndef USE_X_TOOLKIT   /* I'm told Xt does this itself.  */
-#ifndef AIX		/* On AIX, XCloseDisplay calls this.  */
-  XrmDestroyDatabase (dpyinfo->xrdb);
-#endif
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_X_I18N
   if (dpyinfo->xim)
     xim_close_dpy (dpyinfo);