diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/AndroidEventHelper.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/AndroidEventHelper.cs
index df85fab98cc..d39f2f5c9fe 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/AndroidEventHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/AndroidEventHelper.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public static void RemoveEventHandler<TInterface, TImplementor> (
 				return;
 			remove (impl);
 			if (empty (impl)) {
-				impl.Dispose ();
 				impl = null;
 				implementor = null;
 				setListener (impl);
diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/EventHelper.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/EventHelper.cs
index d46a42eb702..ba1752a3d16 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/EventHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Java.Interop/EventHelper.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public static void RemoveEventHandler<TInterface, TImplementor> (
 			remove (impl);
 			if (empty (impl)) {
 				unsetListener (impl);
-				impl.Dispose ();
 				impl = null;
 				implementor.Target = null;
 				implementor = null;