diff --git a/tests/core/Test_fft.cc b/tests/core/Test_fft.cc
index 18a6bfac..b048e31a 100644
--- a/tests/core/Test_fft.cc
+++ b/tests/core/Test_fft.cc
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
   Cref= Cref - C;
   std::cout << " invertible check " << norm2(Cref)<<std::endl;
 
-  theFFT.PlanDestroy();
   Stilde=S;
   std::cout<<" Benchmarking FFT of LatticeSpinMatrix  "<<std::endl;
   theFFT.FFT_dim(Stilde,Stilde,0,FFT::forward); std::cout << theFFT.MFlops()<<" mflops "<<std::endl;
diff --git a/tests/core/Test_fftf.cc b/tests/core/Test_fftf.cc
index fe371c31..be50fd31 100644
--- a/tests/core/Test_fftf.cc
+++ b/tests/core/Test_fftf.cc
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
   C=C-Ctilde;
   std::cout << "diff scalar "<<norm2(C) << std::endl;
 
-  theFFT.PlanDestroy();
   Stilde = S;
   theFFT.FFT_dim(Stilde,Stilde,0,FFT::forward); std::cout << theFFT.MFlops()<< " "<<theFFT.USec() <<std::endl;
   theFFT.FFT_dim(Stilde,Stilde,1,FFT::forward); std::cout << theFFT.MFlops()<< " "<<theFFT.USec() <<std::endl;