diff --git a/Utilities/otbsvm/svm.cxx b/Utilities/otbsvm/svm.cxx
index bf994bfed604124ee70569f6d62590f2ba92b7a2..dd5ae3d2d5c8db1684c4b982b377cc88eae335cf 100644
--- a/Utilities/otbsvm/svm.cxx
+++ b/Utilities/otbsvm/svm.cxx
@@ -3640,7 +3640,6 @@ add(const svm_node *px, const svm_node *py) const
 // ****************************************************************************************
 
 ComposedKernelFunctor::ComposedKernelFunctor(const ComposedKernelFunctor& copy)
-: Superclass::GenericKernelFunctorBase(copy)
 {
   *this = copy;
 }