diff --git a/Modules/Adapters/OSSIMAdapters/src/otbSarSensorModelAdapter.cxx b/Modules/Adapters/OSSIMAdapters/src/otbSarSensorModelAdapter.cxx
index 4e75d0ddbc6a51c0630038e3dec6c6d6bb824dec..9e300c78a121f41d044e2f74c8e7b08fecbbac71 100644
--- a/Modules/Adapters/OSSIMAdapters/src/otbSarSensorModelAdapter.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Adapters/OSSIMAdapters/src/otbSarSensorModelAdapter.cxx
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ SarSensorModelAdapter::SarSensorModelAdapter():
 
 SarSensorModelAdapter::~SarSensorModelAdapter()
 {
-  if(m_SensorModel != ITK_NULLPTR)
     delete m_SensorModel;
 }