diff --git a/limitSetting/limitSetting.py b/limitSetting/limitSetting.py
index 4bb80a295ef03c1ce0a2cc94d95106ce8401669a..60ce0c1b13ec5b51d4c42d729855858b6aa5fb33 100644
--- a/limitSetting/limitSetting.py
+++ b/limitSetting/limitSetting.py
@@ -1116,6 +1116,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     reportMemUsage.reportMemUsage(startTime = startTime)
 
+    del dataObj, templatePaths # delete this objects manually and explcitly to avoid a segmentation fault
 
     print("All Done!")
     #import pdb; pdb.set_trace() # import the debugger and instruct it to stop here