diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 5f80d1af..07000215 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -1202,9 +1202,8 @@ func (opts *Options) Destroy() {
 	if opts.ccmp != nil {
 		C.rocksdb_comparator_destroy(opts.ccmp)
 	}
-	if opts.cst != nil {
-		C.rocksdb_slicetransform_destroy(opts.cst)
-	}
+	// don't destroy the opts.cst here, it has already been
+	// associated with a PrefixExtractor and this will segfault
 	if opts.ccf != nil {
 		C.rocksdb_compactionfilter_destroy(opts.ccf)
 	}