diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b34e84bad..1e7f7011cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed a `dropping_references` warning in `LinearMap`.
+
 ### Removed
 
 - [breaking-change] this crate no longer has a Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) guarantee and
diff --git a/src/linear_map.rs b/src/linear_map.rs
index d096f210a2..0a3b8a3ef5 100644
--- a/src/linear_map.rs
+++ b/src/linear_map.rs
@@ -461,15 +461,6 @@ impl<'a, K, V> Clone for Iter<'a, K, V> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<K, V, const N: usize> Drop for LinearMap<K, V, N> {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        // heapless::Vec implements drop right?
-        drop(&self.buffer);
-        // original code below
-        // unsafe { ptr::drop_in_place(self.buffer.as_mut_slice()) }
-    }
-}
-
 pub struct IterMut<'a, K, V> {
     iter: slice::IterMut<'a, (K, V)>,
 }
@@ -540,5 +531,25 @@ mod test {
         }
     }
 
-    // TODO: drop test
+    #[test]
+    fn drop() {
+        droppable!();
+
+        {
+            let mut v: LinearMap<i32, Droppable, 2> = LinearMap::new();
+            v.insert(0, Droppable::new()).ok().unwrap();
+            v.insert(1, Droppable::new()).ok().unwrap();
+            v.remove(&1).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(Droppable::count(), 0);
+
+        {
+            let mut v: LinearMap<i32, Droppable, 2> = LinearMap::new();
+            v.insert(0, Droppable::new()).ok().unwrap();
+            v.insert(1, Droppable::new()).ok().unwrap();
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(Droppable::count(), 0);
+    }
 }