diff --git a/programs/wmic/main.c b/programs/wmic/main.c
index 50c28ebec5d..15b590098e7 100644
--- a/programs/wmic/main.c
+++ b/programs/wmic/main.c
@@ -61,15 +61,6 @@ static const WCHAR *find_class( const WCHAR *alias )
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline WCHAR *strdupW( const WCHAR *src )
-{
-    WCHAR *dst;
-    if (!src) return NULL;
-    if (!(dst = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, (lstrlenW( src ) + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR) ))) return NULL;
-    lstrcpyW( dst, src );
-    return dst;
-}
-
 static WCHAR *find_prop( IWbemClassObject *class, const WCHAR *prop )
 {
     SAFEARRAY *sa;
@@ -85,7 +76,7 @@ static WCHAR *find_prop( IWbemClassObject *class, const WCHAR *prop )
         SafeArrayGetElement( sa, &i, &str );
         if (!wcsicmp( str, prop ))
         {
-            ret = strdupW( str );
+            ret = wcsdup( str );
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -228,7 +219,7 @@ done:
     SysFreeString( path );
     SysFreeString( query );
     SysFreeString( wql );
-    HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, prop );
+    free( prop );
     CoUninitialize();
     return ret;
 }