1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index aea852b0d..44c2f45b2 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static void clear_array(xhash *array) {
                 while (hi) {
                         thi = hi;
                         hi = hi->next;
-                        if (thi->data.v.string) free(thi->data.v.string);
+                        free(thi->data.v.string);
                         free(thi);
                 }
                 array->items[i] = NULL;
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static void clear_array(xhash *array) {
 /* clear a variable */
 static var *clrvar(var *v) {
 
-        if (v->string && !(v->type & VF_FSTR))
+        if (!(v->type & VF_FSTR))
                 free(v->string);
 
         v->type &= VF_DONTTOUCH;
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ static void split_f0(void) {
                 return;
 
         is_f0_split = TRUE;
-        if (fstrings) free(fstrings);
+        free(fstrings);
         fsrealloc(0);
         n = awk_split(getvar_s(V[F0]), &fsplitter.n, &fstrings);
         fsrealloc(n);
@@ -2376,8 +2376,7 @@ re_cont:
                                 X.rsm = (rstream *)hash_search(fdhash, L.s);
                                 if (X.rsm) {
                                         R.i = X.rsm->is_pipe ? pclose(X.rsm->F) : fclose(X.rsm->F);
-                                        if (X.rsm->buffer)
-                                                free(X.rsm->buffer);
+                                        free(X.rsm->buffer);
                                         hash_remove(fdhash, L.s);
                                 }
                                 if (R.i != 0)