diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_ini.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_ini.c
index 47bf10409f..05591a5198 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_ini.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_ini.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ efreet_ini_localestring_get(Efreet_Ini *ini, const char *key)
     if (country) maxlen += strlen(country);
     if (modifier) maxlen += strlen(modifier);
 
-    buf = malloc(maxlen * sizeof(char));
+    buf = alloca(maxlen * sizeof(char));
 
     if (lang && modifier && country)
     {
@@ -555,8 +555,6 @@ efreet_ini_localestring_get(Efreet_Ini *ini, const char *key)
     if (!found)
         val = efreet_ini_string_get(ini, key);
 
-    FREE(buf);
-
     return val;
 }
 
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_menu.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_menu.c
index a80a12ba8f..47647e8703 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_menu.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_menu.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ efreet_menu_dump(Efreet_Menu *menu, const char *indent)
         size_t len;
 
         len = strlen(indent) + 3;
-        new_indent = malloc(sizeof(char *) * len);
+        new_indent = alloca(sizeof(char *) * len);
         snprintf(new_indent, len, "%s  ", indent);
 
         EINA_LIST_FOREACH(menu->entries, l, entry)
@@ -967,8 +967,6 @@ efreet_menu_dump(Efreet_Menu *menu, const char *indent)
             else if (entry->type == EFREET_MENU_ENTRY_HEADER)
                 INF("%s|---%s", new_indent, entry->name);
         }
-
-        FREE(new_indent);
     }
 }