diff --git a/Code/IO/otbImageFileReader.txx b/Code/IO/otbImageFileReader.txx
index 7fc06d715d4c3a34e6e3ca8d56b4270ea1735baf..7c51ba6c13af4003e48a33bd26fe74bc08ae3135 100644
--- a/Code/IO/otbImageFileReader.txx
+++ b/Code/IO/otbImageFileReader.txx
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ ImageFileReader<TOutputImage>
          if (projection)
            {
              hasMetaData = projection->saveState(geom_kwl);
-             delete projection;
+//             delete projection; //FIXME find out where this should occur
            }
        }
       // Free memory