diff --git a/t3lib/spritemanager/class.t3lib_spritemanager_simplehandler.php b/t3lib/spritemanager/class.t3lib_spritemanager_simplehandler.php
index 79478ae9bcb3a59a0ca39104fbab10c6e08f149e..e5fe896ac7f5fb217ba29dd47b8756ee3a6f3064 100644
--- a/t3lib/spritemanager/class.t3lib_spritemanager_simplehandler.php
+++ b/t3lib/spritemanager/class.t3lib_spritemanager_simplehandler.php
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ class t3lib_spritemanager_SimpleHandler extends t3lib_spritemanager_AbstractHand
 }
 	';
 
-	/**
-	 * constructor just init's the temp-file-name
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function __construct() {
-		parent::__construct();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Interface function. This will be called from the sprite manager to
 	 * refresh all caches.