diff --git a/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/schema/GeneralizeTagMerger.cpp b/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/schema/GeneralizeTagMerger.cpp
index fec4625..ab1cd72 100644
--- a/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/schema/GeneralizeTagMerger.cpp
+++ b/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/schema/GeneralizeTagMerger.cpp
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ namespace hoot
HOOT_FACTORY_REGISTER(TagMerger, GeneralizeTagMerger)
-GeneralizeTagMerger::GeneralizeTagMerger()
-{
-}
-
Tags GeneralizeTagMerger::mergeTags(const Tags& t1, const Tags& t2, ElementType /*et*/) const
{
return TagComparator::getInstance().generalize(t1, t2, false, _caseSensitive);