removeMovieClip();

I have the following code placed on a “crystal1” but I cannot get the “crystal” removed from the stage. Can anyone tell me why it is not working. :jail:

onClipEvent (load) {
if (this.hitTest(_root.mog)) {
crystal1.removeMovieClip();
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root.mog)) {
_root.total = _root.total + 1;
}
}

///as you can probably tell i am trying to create a game where player"mog" collects coin"crystal" and removes coin from stage and adds one to players score