diff --git a/include/fcl/traversal/traversal_node_shapes.h b/include/fcl/traversal/traversal_node_shapes.h
index 939f73493c51fd856547b4a4ee35274079891b28..550e92a57ff9c257f34010186423b0bce4e6e1e7 100644
--- a/include/fcl/traversal/traversal_node_shapes.h
+++ b/include/fcl/traversal/traversal_node_shapes.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public:
   /// @brief Intersection testing between leaves (two shapes)
   void leafTesting(int, int, FCL_REAL&) const
   {
-    abort ();
     if(model1->isOccupied() && model2->isOccupied())
     {
       bool is_collision = false;