diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c0a99e9dd..5590c1f16d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 ### 🐞 Bug fixes
 
-- _...Add new stuff here..._
+- Remove closeButton event listener on popup.remove().
 
 ## 5.1.1
 
diff --git a/src/ui/popup.ts b/src/ui/popup.ts
index 51baf42b52..3e70fc3420 100644
--- a/src/ui/popup.ts
+++ b/src/ui/popup.ts
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ export class Popup extends Evented {
             delete this._container;
         }
 
+        if(this._closeButton){
+            this._closeButton.removeEventListener('click', this._onClose);
+        }
+
         if (this._map) {
             this._map.off('move', this._update);
             this._map.off('move', this._onClose);