1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/tree/container.c b/sway/tree/container.c
index b3c6d80f..f4c82abe 100644
--- a/sway/tree/container.c
+++ b/sway/tree/container.c
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ static struct sway_container *_container_destroy(struct sway_container *cont) {
                 // container_remove_child, which removes child from this container
                 while (cont->children != NULL && cont->children->length != 0) {
                         struct sway_container *child = cont->children->items[0];
-                        container_remove_child(child);
                         container_destroy(child);
+                        list_del(cont->children, 0);
                 }
         }
         if (cont->marks) {