diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/SimpleFeature.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/SimpleFeature.pm
index 4ac4880e846e3611b00f49c08a7b91a18fe3a5d8..156b494d4bea6b614c98c6ccdba0103a9ed9dd27 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/SimpleFeature.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/SimpleFeature.pm
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ sub summary_as_hash {
   $hash->{score} = $self->score() if $self->score();
   $hash->{'external_name'} = $self->display_label() if $self->display_label();
   $hash->{'logic_name'} = $self->analysis->logic_name();
-  delete $hash-{ID};
+  delete $hash->{ID};
   return $hash;
 }