diff --git a/include/cgf_diagnostics.h b/include/cgf_diagnostics.h
index fb9b59f16..2dff550ce 100644
--- a/include/cgf_diagnostics.h
+++ b/include/cgf_diagnostics.h
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ class cgf_diagnostics {
 
 	static bool is_available() { return m_instance != nullptr; }
 
-	static void teardown() { m_instance.reset(); }
+	static void teardown() {
+		// Empty teardown function.
+		// If we ever need to do something specific for teardown in cfg_diagnostics
+		// we can use this function to do so.
+	}
 
 	static cgf_diagnostics& get_instance() {
 		assert(m_instance != nullptr);