diff --git a/common/config/config_cmdline.c b/common/config/config_cmdline.c
index 2e6b21dea4..3bd41cf6cc 100644
--- a/common/config/config_cmdline.c
+++ b/common/config/config_cmdline.c
@@ -142,25 +142,16 @@ char defbool[2]="1";
 
 int config_process_cmdline(paramdef_t *cfgoptions,int numoptions, char *prefix)
 {
-
-
-int c = config_get_if()->argc;
-int i,j;
-char *pp;
-char *cfgpath; 
+  int c = config_get_if()->argc;
+  int i,j;
+  char *pp;
+  char cfgpath[512]; /* 512 should be enough for the sprintf below */
  
-  j = (prefix ==NULL) ? 0 : strlen(prefix); 
-  cfgpath = malloc( j + MAX_OPTNAME_SIZE +1);
-  if (cfgpath == NULL) {
-     fprintf(stderr,"[CONFIG] %s %i malloc error,  %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__,strerror(errno));
-     return -1;
-  }
-
   j = 0;
   i = 0;
     while (c > 0 ) {
         char *oneargv = strdup(config_get_if()->argv[i]);          /* we use strtok_r which modifies its string paramater, and we don't want argv to be modified */
-/* first check help options, either --help, -h or --help_<section> */
+        /* first check help options, either --help, -h or --help_<section> */
         if (strncmp(oneargv, "-h",2) == 0 || strncmp(oneargv, "--help",6) == 0 ) {
             char *tokctx;
             pp=strtok_r(oneargv, "_",&tokctx);
@@ -183,7 +174,7 @@ char *cfgpath;
             } 
         }
 
-/* now, check for non help options */
+        /* now, check for non help options */
         if (oneargv[0] == '-') {        
     	    for(int n=0;n<numoptions;n++) {
     		if ( ( cfgoptions[n].paramflags & PARAMFLAG_DISABLECMDLINE) != 0) {
@@ -224,9 +215,5 @@ char *cfgpath;
          c--;  
     }   /* fin du while */
   printf_cmdl("[CONFIG] %s %i options set from command line\n",((prefix == NULL) ? "(root)":prefix),j);
-  free(cfgpath);
   return j;            
 }  /* parse_cmdline*/
-
-
-
diff --git a/common/config/libconfig/config_libconfig.c b/common/config/libconfig/config_libconfig.c
index f192fd2dc5..cb6fa46293 100644
--- a/common/config/libconfig/config_libconfig.c
+++ b/common/config/libconfig/config_libconfig.c
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ int read_intarray(paramdef_t *cfgoptions,config_setting_t *setting, char *cfgpat
 
 int config_libconfig_get(paramdef_t *cfgoptions,int numoptions, char *prefix )
 {
-
-
   config_setting_t *setting;
   char *str;
   int i,u;
@@ -103,15 +101,9 @@ int config_libconfig_get(paramdef_t *cfgoptions,int numoptions, char *prefix )
   int notfound;
   int defval;
   int fatalerror=0;
-  char *cfgpath; /* listname.[listindex].paramname */
   int numdefvals=0;
-  
-  i = (prefix ==NULL) ? 0 : strlen(prefix); 
-  cfgpath = malloc( i+ MAX_OPTNAME_SIZE +1);
-  if (cfgpath == NULL) {
-     fprintf(stderr,"[LIBCONFIG] %s %i malloc error,  %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__,strerror(errno));
-     return -1;
-  }
+  char cfgpath[512];  /* 512 should be enough for the sprintf below */
+
   for(i=0;i<numoptions;i++) {
 
      if (prefix != NULL) {
@@ -253,7 +245,6 @@ int config_libconfig_get(paramdef_t *cfgoptions,int numoptions, char *prefix )
       config_libconfig_end();
       end_configmodule();
   }
-  free(cfgpath);
   return status;
 }