diff --git a/src/tag/Builder.cxx b/src/tag/Builder.cxx
index 5a60a6e78..3f265f5e2 100644
--- a/src/tag/Builder.cxx
+++ b/src/tag/Builder.cxx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ TagBuilder::operator=(Tag &&other) noexcept
 	/* move all TagItem pointers from the Tag object; we don't
 	   need to contact the tag pool, because all we do is move
 	   references */
-	items.clear();
+	RemoveAll();
 	items.reserve(other.num_items);
 	std::copy_n(other.items, other.num_items, std::back_inserter(items));