diff --git a/i18npool/source/characterclassification/unoscripttypedetector.cxx b/i18npool/source/characterclassification/unoscripttypedetector.cxx
index 78749a18fff3..95c49b6d11f2 100644
--- a/i18npool/source/characterclassification/unoscripttypedetector.cxx
+++ b/i18npool/source/characterclassification/unoscripttypedetector.cxx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ com_sun_star_i18n_ScriptTypeDetector_get_implementation(
     css::uno::XComponentContext *,
     css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
 {
-    return cppu::acquire(new UnoScriptTypeDetector());
+    return cppu::acquire(new UnoScriptTypeDetector);
 }
 
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