diff --git a/src/file.cpp b/src/file.cpp
index 4935c4007..56c0acfbf 100644
--- a/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/file.cpp
@@ -786,7 +786,6 @@ typedef struct _FILE_ALLOCATED_RANGE_BUFFER {
 	{
 		std::size_t const buf_size = aux::numeric_cast<std::size_t>(bufs_size(bufs));
 		char* buf = new char[buf_size];
-		if (!buf) return false;
 		tmp = { buf, buf_size };
 		bufs = span<iovec_t const>(tmp);
 		return true;
@@ -804,7 +803,6 @@ typedef struct _FILE_ALLOCATED_RANGE_BUFFER {
 	{
 		std::size_t const buf_size = aux::numeric_cast<std::size_t>(bufs_size(bufs));
 		char* buf = new char[buf_size];
-		if (!buf) return false;
 		gather_copy(bufs, buf);
 		tmp = { buf, buf_size };
 		bufs = span<iovec_t const>(tmp);
diff --git a/src/string_util.cpp b/src/string_util.cpp
index 11a85ad1e..6deed5a37 100644
--- a/src/string_util.cpp
+++ b/src/string_util.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 		if (str == nullptr) return nullptr;
 		std::size_t const len = std::strlen(str);
 		char* tmp = new char[len + 1];
-		if (tmp == nullptr) return nullptr;
 		std::copy(str, str + len, tmp);
 		tmp[len] = '\0';
 		return tmp;