diff --git a/libs/pbd/stateful.cc b/libs/pbd/stateful.cc
index 7d67629191..2cc40ff6a9 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/stateful.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/stateful.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Stateful::add_extra_xml (XMLNode& node)
 		_extra_xml = new XMLNode ("Extra");
 	}
 
-	_extra_xml->remove_nodes (node.name());
+	_extra_xml->remove_nodes_and_delete (node.name());
 	_extra_xml->add_child_nocopy (node);
 }