diff --git a/src/m_argv.c b/src/m_argv.c
index ac400f67..905ac6ab 100644
--- a/src/m_argv.c
+++ b/src/m_argv.c
@@ -208,6 +208,5 @@ void M_FindResponseFile(void)
 				CONS_Printf("%s\n", myargv[k]);
 
 			break;
-			free(file); // Needs to be called after everything else, or we would end up with garbage data
 		}
 }
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