diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 46ea2492bb..c66172cb46 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1776,7 +1776,6 @@ static void AtExit() {
 
 
 static void SignalExit(int signal) {
-  AtExit();
   exit(1);
 }