diff --git a/src/kits/interface/Bitmap.cpp b/src/kits/interface/Bitmap.cpp
index 50c1cafefe..8162671120 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/Bitmap.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/interface/Bitmap.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//	Copyright (c) 2001-2002, OpenBeOS
+//	Copyright (c) 2001-2004, OpenBeOS
 //
 //	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 //	copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -828,8 +828,8 @@ BBitmap::BBitmap(const BBitmap *source, bool acceptsViews,
 */
 BBitmap::~BBitmap()
 {
-	if (fBasePtr)
-		free(fBasePtr);
+//	if (fBasePtr)
+//		free(fBasePtr);
 }
 
 // unarchiving constructor