1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/microcom.c b/miscutils/microcom.c
index 3c573eaa9..5219335a6 100644
--- a/miscutils/microcom.c
+++ b/miscutils/microcom.c
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ int microcom_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 // %4d to make concurrent mgetty (if any) happy.
                 // Mgetty treats 4-bytes lock files as binary,
                 // not text, PID. Making 5+ char file. Brrr...
-                char *s = xasprintf("%4d\n", getpid());
-                write(sfd, s, strlen(s));
-                if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
-                        free(s);
+                fdprintf(sfd, "%4d\n", getpid());
                 close(sfd);
         }