diff --git a/src/ML-IAP/mliap_unified.cpp b/src/ML-IAP/mliap_unified.cpp
index b64c2b0db4..fef32a5293 100644
--- a/src/ML-IAP/mliap_unified.cpp
+++ b/src/ML-IAP/mliap_unified.cpp
@@ -33,12 +33,10 @@ using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-MLIAPDummyDescriptor::MLIAPDummyDescriptor(LAMMPS *lmp) : MLIAPDescriptor(lmp) {}
+MLIAPDummyDescriptor::MLIAPDummyDescriptor(LAMMPS *_lmp) : MLIAPDescriptor(_lmp) {}
 
 MLIAPDummyDescriptor::~MLIAPDummyDescriptor()
 {
-  memory->destroy(radelem);
-  memory->destroy(cutsq);
   // manually decrement borrowed reference from Python
   Py_DECREF(unified_interface);
 }