diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/TabView.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/TabView.zig
index c702b0513..a024c0092 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/TabView.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/TabView.zig
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ pub fn closeTab(self: *TabView, tab: *Tab) void {
 
     // If we have no more tabs we close the window
     if (self.nPages() == 0) {
-        const window: *gtk.Window = @ptrCast(@alignCast(tab.window.window));
-
         // libadw versions <= 1.3.x leak the final page view
         // which causes our surface to not properly cleanup. We
         // unref to force the cleanup. This will trigger a critical
@@ -209,10 +207,6 @@ pub fn closeTab(self: *TabView, tab: *Tab) void {
             const box: *gtk.Box = @ptrCast(@alignCast(tab.box));
             box.as(gobject.Object).unref();
         }
-
-        // `self` will become invalid after this call because it will have
-        // been freed up as part of the process of closing the window.
-        window.destroy();
     }
 }