diff --git a/peps/pep-0788.rst b/peps/pep-0788.rst
index 835234cbc23..5c328e6b815 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0788.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0788.rst
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ With this PEP, you would implement it like this:
             return -1;
         }
         int res = PyFile_WriteString(to_write, file);
-        free(to_write);
         if (res < 0) {
             PyErr_Print();
         }