diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c2ed0c07f..2bc728831 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-2007-10-27  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
-
-	* NEWS: Mention `putenv' memory leak fix.
-
 2007-10-24  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 
 	* .cvsignore: Add "lib".
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 23029b0c2..6e8fe09f4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ Changes in 1.8.4 (since 1.8.3)
 ** CR (ASCII 0x0d) is (again) recognized as a token delimiter by the reader
 ** Fixed a segmentation fault which occurred when displaying the
 backtrace of a stack with a promise object (made by `delay') in it.
-** Fixed memory leak in `putenv'
 
 
 Changes in 1.8.3 (since 1.8.2)
diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 9d7598631..d59bc98ec 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 2007-10-27  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
 
-	* posix.c (scm_putenv): Make sure C_STR gets freed.
-
 	* fports.c (scm_i_evict_port): Expect a port, rather than a pair
 	containing the port.  Fixes a bug in the new port table (2007-08-26).
 	(scm_evict_ports): Use `scm_c_port_for_each ()'.
diff --git a/libguile/posix.c b/libguile/posix.c
index 5b094837c..76dcd3d10 100644
--- a/libguile/posix.c
+++ b/libguile/posix.c
@@ -1385,8 +1385,6 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_putenv, "putenv", 1, 0, 0,
 #else
       /* otherwise traditional putenv("NAME") */
       rv = putenv (c_str);
-      free (c_str);
-
       if (rv < 0)
 	SCM_SYSERROR;
 #endif
@@ -1408,9 +1406,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_putenv, "putenv", 1, 0, 0,
             char *ptr = scm_malloc (len+2);
             strcpy (ptr, c_str);
             strcpy (ptr+len, " ");
-
             rv = putenv (ptr);
-	    free (ptr);
             if (rv < 0)
               {
                 int eno = errno;
@@ -1423,8 +1419,6 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_putenv, "putenv", 1, 0, 0,
             ptr = getenv (c_str);
             if (ptr)
               ptr[0] = '\0';
-	    free (c_str);
-
             return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
           }
       }
@@ -1433,8 +1427,6 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_putenv, "putenv", 1, 0, 0,
       /* Leave c_str in the environment.  */
 
       rv = putenv (c_str);
-      free (c_str);
-
       if (rv < 0)
 	SCM_SYSERROR;
     }