diff --git a/src/components/body/ammo-body.js b/src/components/body/ammo-body.js
index 264cce1..2c0e733 100644
--- a/src/components/body/ammo-body.js
+++ b/src/components/body/ammo-body.js
@@ -364,24 +364,15 @@ let AmmoBody = {
     if (this.triMesh) Ammo.destroy(this.triMesh);
     if (this.localScaling) Ammo.destroy(this.localScaling);
     if (this.compoundShape) Ammo.destroy(this.compoundShape);
+    if (this.body) {
+      Ammo.destroy(this.body);
+      delete this.body;
+    }
     Ammo.destroy(this.rbInfo);
     Ammo.destroy(this.msTransform);
     Ammo.destroy(this.motionState);
     Ammo.destroy(this.localInertia);
     Ammo.destroy(this.rotation);
-    if (this.body) {
-      if (!this.data.emitCollisionEvents) {
-        // As per issue 47 / PR 48 there is a strange bug
-        // not yet understood, where destroying an Ammo body 
-        // leads to subsequent issues reporting collision events.
-        // 
-        // So if we are reporting collision events, preferable to
-        // tolerate a small memory leak, by not destroying the 
-        // Ammo body, rather than missing collision events.
-        Ammo.destroy(this.body);
-      }
-      delete this.body;
-    }
   },
 
   beforeStep: function() {