diff --git a/src/history.c b/src/history.c
index ac2f2753..7929d49b 100644
--- a/src/history.c
+++ b/src/history.c
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ bool have_statedir(void)
 
     if (xdgdatadir != NULL) {
 	statedir = concatenate(xdgdatadir, "/nano/");
-	free(xdgdatadir);
     } else
 	statedir = concatenate(homedir, XDG_DATA_FALLBACK "/nano/");
 
diff --git a/src/rcfile.c b/src/rcfile.c
index c43a286f..877936a4 100644
--- a/src/rcfile.c
+++ b/src/rcfile.c
@@ -1258,7 +1258,6 @@ void do_rcfiles(void)
 
     check_vitals_mapped();
 
-    free(xdgconfdir);
     free(nanorc);
 }