diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Atlas.h b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Atlas.h
index e720417d2..eebbd25a2 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Atlas.h
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Atlas.h
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ public:
 	/// @return The region, or NULL.
 	AtlasRegion *findRegion(const String &name);
 
-	void dispose();
-
-
-
 private:
 	Vector<AtlasPage *> _pages;
 	Vector<AtlasRegion *> _regions;
diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
index 648376fd6..69caca872 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ Atlas::Atlas(const char *data, int length, const char *dir, TextureLoader *textu
 }
 
 Atlas::~Atlas() {
+	if (_textureLoader) {
+		for (size_t i = 0, n = _pages.size(); i < n; ++i) {
+			_textureLoader->unload(_pages[i]->rendererObject);
+		}
+	}
 	ContainerUtil::cleanUpVectorOfPointers(_pages);
 	ContainerUtil::cleanUpVectorOfPointers(_regions);
 }
@@ -92,13 +97,6 @@ AtlasRegion *Atlas::findRegion(const String &name) {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void Atlas::dispose() {
-	if (!_textureLoader) return;
-	for (size_t i = 0, n = _pages.size(); i < n; ++i) {
-		_textureLoader->unload(_pages[i]->rendererObject);
-	}
-}
-
 void Atlas::load(const char *begin, int length, const char *dir) {
 	static const char *formatNames[] = {"", "Alpha", "Intensity", "LuminanceAlpha", "RGB565", "RGBA4444", "RGB888",
 										"RGBA8888"};