diff --git a/performance/cinterop/src/main/kotlin-native/org/jetbrains/cinteropBenchmarks/typesBenchmark.kt b/performance/cinterop/src/main/kotlin-native/org/jetbrains/cinteropBenchmarks/typesBenchmark.kt
index 292e16c83d1..113eb92810c 100644
--- a/performance/cinterop/src/main/kotlin-native/org/jetbrains/cinteropBenchmarks/typesBenchmark.kt
+++ b/performance/cinterop/src/main/kotlin-native/org/jetbrains/cinteropBenchmarks/typesBenchmark.kt
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ actual class StringBenchmark actual constructor() {
             val result = StringBuilder()
             for (i in 1..benchmarkSize) {
                 val pointer = findSuitableString(strings.toCStringArray(this), benchmarkSize, "a")
-                result.append(pointer?.toKString())
-                nativeHeap.free(pointer.rawValue)
+                val str = pointer?.toKString()
+                result.append(str)
+                freeSuitableString(pointer)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/performance/cinterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/types.def b/performance/cinterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/types.def
index 00bcb923643..c9107c7a723 100644
--- a/performance/cinterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/types.def
+++ b/performance/cinterop/src/nativeInterop/cinterop/types.def
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ const char* findSuitableString(const char* stringsArray[], int arraySize, const
     return NULL;
 }
 
+void freeSuitableString(char* unusedString) {
+    free(unusedString);
+}
+
 unsigned long int sum(int array[], int arraySize) {
     unsigned long int result = 0;
     for(int i = 0; i < arraySize; ++i) {
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/cpp/Exceptions.cpp b/runtime/src/main/cpp/Exceptions.cpp
index 6a976b9bc10..2314280046f 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/cpp/Exceptions.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/main/cpp/Exceptions.cpp
@@ -46,19 +46,6 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-// TODO: it seems to be very common case; does C++ std library provide something like this?
-class AutoFree {
- private:
-  void* mem_;
-
- public:
-  AutoFree(void* mem): mem_(mem) {}
-
-  ~AutoFree() {
-    konan::free(mem_);
-  }
-};
-
 // RuntimeUtils.kt
 extern "C" void ReportUnhandledException(KRef throwable);
 extern "C" void ExceptionReporterLaunchpad(KRef reporter, KRef throwable);
@@ -182,7 +169,7 @@ OBJ_GETTER(GetStackTraceStrings, KConstRef stackTrace) {
   if (size > 0) {
     char **symbols = backtrace_symbols(PrimitiveArrayAddressOfElementAt<KNativePtr>(stackTrace->array(), 0), size);
     RuntimeCheck(symbols != nullptr, "Not enough memory to retrieve the stacktrace");
-    AutoFree autoFree(symbols);
+
     for (int index = 0; index < size; ++index) {
       auto sourceInfo = Kotlin_getSourceInfo(*PrimitiveArrayAddressOfElementAt<KNativePtr>(stackTrace->array(), index));
       const char* symbol = symbols[index];
@@ -203,6 +190,8 @@ OBJ_GETTER(GetStackTraceStrings, KConstRef stackTrace) {
       CreateStringFromCString(result, holder.slot());
       UpdateHeapRef(ArrayAddressOfElementAt(strings->array(), index), holder.obj());
     }
+    // Not konan::free. Used to free memory allocated in backtrace_symbols where malloc is used.
+    free(symbols);
   }
 #endif
   RETURN_OBJ(strings);