diff --git a/servers/slapd/schema_init.c b/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
index 303a620cc3..e62e90f91b 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/schema_init.c
@@ -1217,9 +1217,7 @@ int caseExactFilter(
 	keys[0] = ber_bvdup( &digest );
 	keys[1] = NULL;
 
-#if UTF8MATCH
 	ber_bvfree( value );
-#endif
 
 	*keysp = keys;
 	return LDAP_SUCCESS;