diff --git a/CGAL_ImageIO/include/CGAL/ImageIO_impl.h b/CGAL_ImageIO/include/CGAL/ImageIO_impl.h
index 2ba5536e3f7..064e3d52995 100644
--- a/CGAL_ImageIO/include/CGAL/ImageIO_impl.h
+++ b/CGAL_ImageIO/include/CGAL/ImageIO_impl.h
@@ -70,7 +70,14 @@ static PTRIMAGE_FORMAT firstFormat=NULL;
 /** the Inrimage file format (default format) is initialized to null */
 static PTRIMAGE_FORMAT InrimageFormat=NULL;
 
+struct Remove_supported_file_format {
+  ~Remove_supported_file_format()
+  {
+    removeSupportedFileFormat();
+  }
+};
 
+static Remove_supported_file_format rsff;