diff --git a/src/entity_manager/perform_probe.hpp b/src/entity_manager/perform_probe.hpp
index 2e28d9b..69c5375 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/perform_probe.hpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/perform_probe.hpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 FoundProbeTypeT findProbeType(const std::string& probe);
 
 // this class finds the needed dbus fields and on destruction runs the probe
-struct PerformProbe : std::enable_shared_from_this<PerformProbe>
+struct PerformProbe
 {
     PerformProbe(nlohmann::json& recordRef,
                  const std::vector<std::string>& probeCommand,