diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb_dump.c b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb_dump.c
index 63b08d658d..ee7dbe85d8 100644
--- a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb_dump.c
+++ b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb_dump.c
@@ -279,10 +279,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				continue;
 			count++;
 			str = malloc(key.mv_size+1);
-			if (!str) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "malloc failed\n");
-				goto txn_abort;
-			}
 			memcpy(str, key.mv_data, key.mv_size);
 			str[key.mv_size] = '\0';
 			rc = mdb_open(txn, str, 0, &db2);
diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb_stat.c b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb_stat.c
index f64475efe6..cb73e11322 100644
--- a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb_stat.c
+++ b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb_stat.c
@@ -232,10 +232,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			if (memchr(key.mv_data, '\0', key.mv_size))
 				continue;
 			str = malloc(key.mv_size+1);
-			if (!str) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "malloc failed\n");
-				goto txn_abort;
-			}
 			memcpy(str, key.mv_data, key.mv_size);
 			str[key.mv_size] = '\0';
 			rc = mdb_open(txn, str, 0, &db2);