diff --git a/src/plugins/bearer/corewlan/qcorewlanengine.mm b/src/plugins/bearer/corewlan/qcorewlanengine.mm
index 55847a04a4..2b38409723 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bearer/corewlan/qcorewlanengine.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/bearer/corewlan/qcorewlanengine.mm
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ QCoreWlanEngine::QCoreWlanEngine(QObject *parent)
 
 QCoreWlanEngine::~QCoreWlanEngine()
 {
-    scanThread->terminate();
     scanThread->wait();
 
     while (!foundConfigurations.isEmpty())