diff --git a/dlls/version/install.c b/dlls/version/install.c
index 41dc44a1503..107de361977 100644
--- a/dlls/version/install.c
+++ b/dlls/version/install.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "winerror.h"
 #include "heap.h"
 #include "lzexpand.h"
-#include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "debugtools.h"
 
 DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(ver);
@@ -355,17 +354,25 @@ _fetch_versioninfo(LPSTR fn,VS_FIXEDFILEINFO **vffi) {
     DWORD	ret;
 
     alloclen = 1000;
-    buf= xmalloc(alloclen);
+    buf=HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, alloclen);
+    if(buf == NULL) {
+        WARN("Memory exausted while fetching version info!");
+        return NULL;
+    }
     while (1) {
     	ret = GetFileVersionInfoA(fn,0,alloclen,buf);
 	if (!ret) {
-	    free(buf);
-	    return 0;
+	    HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, buf);
+	    return NULL;
 	}
 	if (alloclen<*(WORD*)buf) {
-	    free(buf);
 	    alloclen = *(WORD*)buf;
-	    buf = xmalloc(alloclen);
+	    HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, buf);
+	    buf = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, alloclen);
+            if(buf == NULL) {
+               WARN("Memory exausted while fetching version info!");
+               return NULL;
+            }                                                                 
 	} else {
 	    *vffi = (VS_FIXEDFILEINFO*)(buf+0x14);
 	    if ((*vffi)->dwSignature == 0x004f0049) /* hack to detect unicode */
@@ -510,10 +517,10 @@ DWORD WINAPI VerInstallFileA(
 		     * generiert DIFFLANG|MISMATCH
 		     */
 		}
-		free(buf2);
+		HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, buf2);
 	    } else
 		xret=VIF_MISMATCH|VIF_SRCOLD;
-	    free(buf1);
+	    HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, buf1);
 	}
     }
     if (xret) {
diff --git a/graphics/x11drv/bitmap.c b/graphics/x11drv/bitmap.c
index 90e2ada0f09..65468bbd9b7 100644
--- a/graphics/x11drv/bitmap.c
+++ b/graphics/x11drv/bitmap.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "bitmap.h"
 #include "heap.h"
 #include "debugtools.h"
-#include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "local.h"
 #include "x11drv.h"
 #include "wingdi.h"
diff --git a/include/xmalloc.h b/include/xmalloc.h
deleted file mode 100644
index cc44c33974a..00000000000
--- a/include/xmalloc.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __WINE_XMALLOC_H
-#define __WINE_XMALLOC_H
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-void *xmalloc( size_t size );
-void *xcalloc( size_t size );
-void *xrealloc( void *ptr, size_t size );
-char *xstrdup( const char *str );
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif  /* __WINE_XMALLOC_H */
diff --git a/misc/Makefile.in b/misc/Makefile.in
index 30cf95e2184..c53b14b4c6b 100644
--- a/misc/Makefile.in
+++ b/misc/Makefile.in
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ C_SRCS = \
 	tweak.c \
 	version.c \
 	w32scomb.c \
-	wsprintf.c \
-	xmalloc.c
+	wsprintf.c
 
 GLUE = printdrv.c
 
diff --git a/misc/xmalloc.c b/misc/xmalloc.c
deleted file mode 100644
index eed0cc336ac..00000000000
--- a/misc/xmalloc.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   xmalloc - a safe malloc
-
-   Use this function instead of malloc whenever you don't intend to check
-   the return value yourself, for instance because you don't have a good
-   way to handle a zero return value.
-
-   Typically, Wine's own memory requests should be handled by this function,
-   while the clients should use malloc directly (and Wine should return an
-   error to the client if allocation fails).
-
-   Copyright 1995 by Morten Welinder.
-
-*/
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "xmalloc.h"
-#include "debugtools.h"
-
-void *xmalloc( size_t size )
-{
-    void *res;
-
-    res = malloc (size ? size : 1);
-    if (res == NULL)
-    {
-        MESSAGE("Virtual memory exhausted.\n");
-        exit (1);
-    }
-    memset(res,0,size);
-    return res;
-}