diff --git a/daemon/mgmt/manager-base.hpp b/daemon/mgmt/manager-base.hpp
index 08aca11..d9b351a 100644
--- a/daemon/mgmt/manager-base.hpp
+++ b/daemon/mgmt/manager-base.hpp
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@
     using std::runtime_error::runtime_error;
   };
 
-  virtual
-  ~ManagerBase();
-
   const std::string&
   getModule() const
   {
@@ -71,6 +68,11 @@
   ManagerBase(std::string_view module, Dispatcher& dispatcher,
               CommandAuthenticator& authenticator);
 
+  // ManagerBase is not supposed to be used polymorphically, so we make the destructor
+  // protected to prevent deletion of derived objects through a pointer to the base class,
+  // which would be UB when the destructor is non-virtual.
+  ~ManagerBase();
+
 NFD_PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PROTECTED: // registrations to the dispatcher
   // difference from mgmt::ControlCommand: accepts nfd::ControlParameters
   using ControlCommandHandler = std::function<void(const ControlCommand& command,