diff --git a/include/maxscale/monitor.hh b/include/maxscale/monitor.hh
index a98ef0826..9e86c88d2 100644
--- a/include/maxscale/monitor.hh
+++ b/include/maxscale/monitor.hh
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public:
 
     static void destroyInstance(MXS_MONITOR_INSTANCE* pInstance)
     {
-        MXS_EXCEPTION_GUARD(static_cast<MonitorInstance*>(pInstance)->destroy());
+        MXS_EXCEPTION_GUARD(delete static_cast<MonitorInstance*>(pInstance));
     }
 
     static bool startMonitor(MXS_MONITOR_INSTANCE* pInstance,
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/auroramon/auroramon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/auroramon/auroramon.cc
index 8392b1c74..f759e2155 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/auroramon/auroramon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/auroramon/auroramon.cc
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ AuroraMonitor* AuroraMonitor::create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor)
     return new AuroraMonitor(monitor);
 }
 
-void AuroraMonitor::destroy()
-{
-    delete this;
-}
-
 /**
  * @brief Update the status of a server
  *
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/auroramon/auroramon.hh b/server/modules/monitor/auroramon/auroramon.hh
index c62b724c4..3085113fe 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/auroramon/auroramon.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/auroramon/auroramon.hh
@@ -26,14 +26,13 @@ public:
     AuroraMonitor(const AuroraMonitor&) = delete;
     AuroraMonitor& operator = (const AuroraMonitor&) = delete;
 
+    ~AuroraMonitor();
     static AuroraMonitor* create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    void destroy();
     void diagnostics(DCB* dcb) const;
     json_t* diagnostics_json() const;
 
 private:
     AuroraMonitor(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    ~AuroraMonitor();
 
     void update_server_status(MXS_MONITORED_SERVER* monitored_server);
 
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.cc
index 8bd3efa6a..afcdc5199 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.cc
@@ -142,11 +142,6 @@ GaleraMonitor* GaleraMonitor::create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor)
     return new GaleraMonitor(monitor);
 }
 
-void GaleraMonitor::destroy()
-{
-    delete this;
-}
-
 bool GaleraMonitor::has_sufficient_permissions() const
 {
     return check_monitor_permissions(m_monitor, "SHOW STATUS LIKE 'wsrep_local_state'");
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.hh b/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.hh
index 6903fc19d..a01c8bf65 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.hh
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ public:
     GaleraMonitor(const GaleraMonitor&) = delete;
     GaleraMonitor& operator = (const GaleraMonitor&) = delete;
 
+    ~GaleraMonitor();
     static GaleraMonitor* create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    void destroy();
     void diagnostics(DCB* dcb) const;
     json_t* diagnostics_json() const;
 
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ private:
     bool m_log_no_members;              /**< Should we log if no member are found. */
 
     GaleraMonitor(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    ~GaleraMonitor();
 
     bool detect_cluster_size(const int n_nodes,
                              const char *candidate_uuid,
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/grmon/grmon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/grmon/grmon.cc
index f2b8b3773..595c7bd5e 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/grmon/grmon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/grmon/grmon.cc
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ GRMon* GRMon::create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor)
     return new GRMon(monitor);
 }
 
-void GRMon::destroy()
-{
-    delete this;
-}
-
 bool GRMon::has_sufficient_permissions() const
 {
     return true;
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/grmon/grmon.hh b/server/modules/monitor/grmon/grmon.hh
index bdd28cc65..3edfe1cf2 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/grmon/grmon.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/grmon/grmon.hh
@@ -26,14 +26,13 @@ public:
     GRMon(const GRMon&) = delete;
     GRMon& operator&(const GRMon&) = delete;
 
+    ~GRMon();
     static GRMon* create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    void destroy();
     void diagnostics(DCB* dcb) const;
     json_t* diagnostics_json() const;
 
 private:
     GRMon(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    ~GRMon();
 
     void update_server_status(MXS_MONITORED_SERVER* monitored_server);
 
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.cc
index e273cb57d..796535bb5 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.cc
@@ -173,11 +173,6 @@ bool MariaDBMonitor::start(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params)
     return !error;
 }
 
-void MariaDBMonitor::destroy()
-{
-    delete this;
-}
-
 /**
  * Load config parameters
  *
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.hh b/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.hh
index 45002bb56..72efe4391 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.hh
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ private:
 public:
     // TODO: Once done refactoring, see which of these can be moved to private.
 
+    ~MariaDBMonitor();
+
     /**
      * Print diagnostics.
      *
@@ -78,11 +80,6 @@ public:
      */
     bool start(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params);
 
-    /**
-     * Destroyes aka deletes the instance.
-     */
-    void destroy();
-
     /**
      * Stop the monitor. Waits until monitor has stopped.
      */
@@ -171,7 +168,6 @@ private:
 
     // Base methods
     MariaDBMonitor(MXS_MONITOR* monitor_base);
-    ~MariaDBMonitor();
     void reset_server_info();
     void clear_server_info();
     bool load_config_params(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params);
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/mmmon/mmmon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/mmmon/mmmon.cc
index 4a08c1e5d..3dcc679c1 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/mmmon/mmmon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/mmmon/mmmon.cc
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ MMMonitor* MMMonitor::create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor)
     return new MMMonitor(monitor);
 }
 
-void MMMonitor::destroy()
-{
-    delete this;
-}
-
 bool MMMonitor::has_sufficient_permissions() const
 {
     return check_monitor_permissions(m_monitor, "SHOW SLAVE STATUS");
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/mmmon/mmmon.hh b/server/modules/monitor/mmmon/mmmon.hh
index 70ff26c22..d8f8947ad 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/mmmon/mmmon.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/mmmon/mmmon.hh
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ public:
     MMMonitor(const MMMonitor&) = delete;
     MMMonitor& operator = (const MMMonitor&) = delete;
 
+    ~MMMonitor();
     static MMMonitor* create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    void destroy();
     void diagnostics(DCB* dcb) const;
     json_t* diagnostics_json() const;
 
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ private:
     int m_detectStaleMaster; /**< Monitor flag for Stale Master detection */
 
     MMMonitor(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    ~MMMonitor();
 
     MXS_MONITORED_SERVER *get_current_master();
 
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/ndbclustermon/ndbclustermon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/ndbclustermon/ndbclustermon.cc
index 5f87da3c6..d28b4ed58 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/ndbclustermon/ndbclustermon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/ndbclustermon/ndbclustermon.cc
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ NDBCMonitor* NDBCMonitor::create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor)
     return new NDBCMonitor(monitor);
 }
 
-void NDBCMonitor::destroy()
-{
-    delete this;
-}
-
 bool NDBCMonitor::has_sufficient_permissions() const
 {
     return check_monitor_permissions(m_monitor, "SHOW STATUS LIKE 'Ndb_number_of_ready_data_nodes'");
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/ndbclustermon/ndbclustermon.hh b/server/modules/monitor/ndbclustermon/ndbclustermon.hh
index 369b27bcc..f26249af3 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/ndbclustermon/ndbclustermon.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/ndbclustermon/ndbclustermon.hh
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ public:
     NDBCMonitor(const NDBCMonitor&) = delete;
     NDBCMonitor& operator = (const NDBCMonitor&) = delete;
 
+    ~NDBCMonitor();
     static NDBCMonitor* create(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    void destroy();
     void diagnostics(DCB* dcb) const;
     json_t* diagnostics_json() const;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ private:
     unsigned long m_id; /**< Monitor ID */
 
     NDBCMonitor(MXS_MONITOR* monitor);
-    ~NDBCMonitor();
 
     void update_server_status(MXS_MONITORED_SERVER* monitored_server);