diff --git a/src/common/imagxpm.cpp b/src/common/imagxpm.cpp
index d46b11898a..22584d6655 100644
--- a/src/common/imagxpm.cpp
+++ b/src/common/imagxpm.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ bool wxXPMHandler::SaveFile(wxImage * image,
 
     // 3. create color symbols table:
     wxHashTable table(wxKEY_INTEGER);
-    table.DeleteContents(TRUE);    
     image->ComputeHistogram(table);
 
     char *symbols_data = new char[cols * (chars_per_pixel+1)];