diff --git a/src/wx/panel.cpp b/src/wx/panel.cpp
index 2c0cc20a..da889f9c 100644
--- a/src/wx/panel.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/panel.cpp
@@ -1256,7 +1256,6 @@ void GameArea::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event)
 
         if (panel->d3dframe != NULL) {
              panel->d3dframe->Bind(VBAM_EVT_USER_INPUT, &GameArea::OnUserInput, this);
-             panel->d3dframe->Bind(wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW, &GameArea::OnD3DClose, this);
         }
 
         // set up event handlers
@@ -1412,14 +1411,6 @@ static Display* GetX11Display() {
 }
 #endif  // __WXGTK__
 
-void GameArea::OnD3DClose(wxCloseEvent& ev)
-{
-    (void)ev;
-
-    delete panel->d3dframe;
-    panel->d3dframe = NULL;
-}
-
 void GameArea::OnUserInput(widgets::UserInputEvent& event) {
     bool emulated_key_pressed = false;
     for (const auto& event_data : event.data()) {
@@ -2319,9 +2310,6 @@ SDLDrawingPanel::~SDLDrawingPanel()
 {
     if (did_init)
     {
-        if (d3dframe != NULL)
-             delete d3dframe;
-
         if (sdlwindow != NULL)
              SDL_DestroyWindow(sdlwindow);
 
diff --git a/src/wx/wxvbam.h b/src/wx/wxvbam.h
index 76b96c4a..999219d0 100644
--- a/src/wx/wxvbam.h
+++ b/src/wx/wxvbam.h
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ protected:
     void EraseBackground(wxEraseEvent& ev);
     void OnSize(wxSizeEvent& ev);
     void OnKillFocus(wxFocusEvent& ev);
-    void OnD3DClose(wxCloseEvent& ev);
 
 #ifndef NO_FFMPEG
     recording::MediaRecorder snd_rec, vid_rec;