diff --git a/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/schema/AverageTagMerger.cpp b/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/schema/AverageTagMerger.cpp
index 35392ba..9fa217a 100644
--- a/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/schema/AverageTagMerger.cpp
+++ b/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/schema/AverageTagMerger.cpp
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ namespace hoot
HOOT_FACTORY_REGISTER(TagMerger, AverageTagMerger)
-AverageTagMerger::AverageTagMerger()
-{
-}
-
Tags AverageTagMerger::mergeTags(const Tags& t1, const Tags& t2, ElementType /*et*/) const
{
Tags result;