diff --git a/src/base/ftobjs.c b/src/base/ftobjs.c
index d265e740e..2c0f0e6c9 100644
--- a/src/base/ftobjs.c
+++ b/src/base/ftobjs.c
@@ -1674,7 +1674,6 @@
     FT_FREE( stream->base );
 
     stream->size  = 0;
-    stream->base  = NULL;
     stream->close = NULL;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/psaux/psobjs.c b/src/psaux/psobjs.c
index 6871eb760..212a657f1 100644
--- a/src/psaux/psobjs.c
+++ b/src/psaux/psobjs.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,6 @@
             FT_TRACE0(( "ps_parser_load_field: overwriting field %s\n",
                         field->ident ));
             FT_FREE( *(FT_String**)q );
-            *(FT_String**)q = NULL;
           }
 
           if ( FT_QALLOC( string, len + 1 ) )
diff --git a/src/sfnt/sfwoff.c b/src/sfnt/sfwoff.c
index 68609a728..0e8ec3fa9 100644
--- a/src/sfnt/sfwoff.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/sfwoff.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
     FT_FREE( stream->base );
 
     stream->size  = 0;
-    stream->base  = NULL;
     stream->close = NULL;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c b/src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c
index f1f2eef45..cb1e0664a 100644
--- a/src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/sfwoff2.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
     FT_FREE( stream->base );
 
     stream->size  = 0;
-    stream->base  = NULL;
     stream->close = NULL;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c b/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
index 2a7f9171c..6a0edef29 100644
--- a/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
+++ b/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@
           FT_FREE( blend->avar_segment[j].correspondence );
 
         FT_FREE( blend->avar_segment );
-        blend->avar_segment = NULL;
         goto Exit;
       }
 
@@ -2747,7 +2746,6 @@
         /* The cvt table has been loaded already; every time we change the */
         /* blend we may need to reload and remodify the cvt table.         */
         FT_FREE( face->cvt );
-        face->cvt = NULL;
 
         error = tt_face_load_cvt( face, face->root.stream );
         break;
@@ -2766,7 +2764,6 @@
 
     /* enforce recomputation of the PostScript name; */
     FT_FREE( face->postscript_name );
-    face->postscript_name = NULL;
 
   Exit:
     return error;