diff --git a/plugins/python/io/NumpyReader.cpp b/plugins/python/io/NumpyReader.cpp
index 1a09f0ccd3..3fcb317dda 100644
--- a/plugins/python/io/NumpyReader.cpp
+++ b/plugins/python/io/NumpyReader.cpp
@@ -438,8 +438,6 @@ void NumpyReader::done(PointTableRef)
     if (m_iter)
         NpyIter_Deallocate(m_iter);
 
-    Py_XDECREF(m_dtype);
-    Py_XDECREF(m_iter);
     Py_XDECREF(m_array);
 }