diff --git a/gtsam/base/GenericValue.h b/gtsam/base/GenericValue.h
index 52899fe45..aee6c0e62 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/GenericValue.h
+++ b/gtsam/base/GenericValue.h
@@ -89,12 +89,9 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * Create a duplicate object returned as a pointer to the generic Value interface.
-     * For the sake of performance, this function use singleton pool allocator instead of the normal heap allocator.
-     * The result must be deleted with Value::deallocate_, not with the 'delete' operator.
      */
     virtual Value* clone_() const {
-      void *place = boost::singleton_pool<PoolTag, sizeof(GenericValue)>::malloc();
-      GenericValue* ptr = new (place) GenericValue(*this); // calls copy constructor to fill in
+      GenericValue* ptr = new GenericValue(*this); // calls copy constructor to fill in
       return ptr;
     }
 
@@ -102,8 +99,7 @@ public:
      * Destroy and deallocate this object, only if it was originally allocated using clone_().
      */
     virtual void deallocate_() const {
-      this->~GenericValue(); // Virtual destructor cleans up the derived object
-      boost::singleton_pool<PoolTag, sizeof(GenericValue)>::free((void*) this); // Release memory from pool
+      delete this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,10 +114,7 @@ public:
       // Call retract on the derived class using the retract trait function
       const T retractResult = traits<T>::Retract(GenericValue<T>::value(), delta);
 
-      // Create a Value pointer copy of the result
-      void* resultAsValuePlace =
-          boost::singleton_pool<PoolTag, sizeof(GenericValue)>::malloc();
-      Value* resultAsValue = new (resultAsValuePlace) GenericValue(retractResult);
+      Value* resultAsValue = new GenericValue(retractResult);
 
       // Return the pointer to the Value base class
       return resultAsValue;
@@ -172,12 +165,6 @@ public:
       return *this;
     }
 
-  private:
-
-    /// Fake Tag struct for singleton pool allocator. In fact, it is never used!
-    struct PoolTag {
-    };
-
   private:
 
     /** Serialization function */