diff --git a/asterisk.c b/asterisk.c
index 29c1645eb4..8e64773f6a 100755
--- a/asterisk.c
+++ b/asterisk.c
@@ -949,7 +949,6 @@ static char *cli_complete(EditLine *el, int ch)
 
 	if (matches) {
 		int i;
-		int x;
 		int matches_num, maxlen, match_len;
 
 		if (matches[0][0] != '\0') {
@@ -979,10 +978,6 @@ static char *cli_complete(EditLine *el, int ch)
 				retval = CC_REFRESH;
 			}
 		}
-	for (x=0; matches[x]; x++) {
-		free(matches[x]);
-		matches[x] = NULL;
-	}
 	free(matches);
 	}
 
diff --git a/cli.c b/cli.c
index 544ead830b..ae6876fad1 100755
--- a/cli.c
+++ b/cli.c
@@ -864,14 +864,12 @@ int ast_cli_generatornummatches(char *text, char *word)
 
 	while ( (buf = ast_cli_generator(text, word, i)) ) {
 		if (++i > 1 && strcmp(buf,oldbuf) == 0)  {
-				free(buf);
 				continue;
 		}
 		oldbuf = buf;
 		matches++;
 	}
-	free(oldbuf);
-	free(buf);
+
 	return matches;
 }