diff --git a/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.hpp b/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.hpp
index 4e152b69bc..0763ac0043 100644
--- a/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.hpp
+++ b/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.hpp
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ namespace osgMyGUI
 class DataManager : public MyGUI::DataManager
 {
 public:
-    void initialise() {}
-    void shutdown() {}
-
     DataManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs);
 
     void setResourcePath(const std::string& path);
diff --git a/components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.cpp b/components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.cpp
index 05394b4c17..54d7cb17d0 100644
--- a/components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.cpp
+++ b/components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Platform::Platform(osgViewer::Viewer *viewer, osg::Group* guiRoot, Resource::Ima
     mDataManager->setResourcePath(resourcePath);
 
     mRenderManager->initialise();
-    mDataManager->initialise();
 }
 
 Platform::~Platform() = default;
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ Platform::~Platform() = default;
 void Platform::shutdown()
 {
     mRenderManager->shutdown();
-    mDataManager->shutdown();
 }
 
 RenderManager *Platform::getRenderManagerPtr()