diff --git a/demo/regress/regex_test.cpp b/demo/regress/regex_test.cpp
index 62f18130..48cbd3e1 100644
--- a/demo/regress/regex_test.cpp
+++ b/demo/regress/regex_test.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,5 @@ template test_string_type regex_merge(const test_string_type&,
 #include "libs/regex/src/regex.cpp"
 #include "libs/regex/src/regex_debug.cpp"
 #include "libs/regex/src/regex_synch.cpp"
-#include "libs/regex/src/wide_posix_api.cpp"
 
 
diff --git a/demo/regress/wregex_test.cpp b/demo/regress/wregex_test.cpp
index 7c10baf7..783f64cc 100644
--- a/demo/regress/wregex_test.cpp
+++ b/demo/regress/wregex_test.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ template test_string_type regex_merge(const test_string_type&,
 #include "libs/regex/src/c_regex_traits_common.cpp"
 #include "libs/regex/src/cregex.cpp"
 #include "libs/regex/src/fileiter.cpp"
-#include "libs/regex/src/posix_api.cpp"
 #include "libs/regex/src/regex.cpp"
 #include "libs/regex/src/regex_debug.cpp"
 #include "libs/regex/src/regex_synch.cpp"
diff --git a/src/posix_api.cpp b/src/posix_api.cpp
index acdbf010..bbc7266f 100644
--- a/src/posix_api.cpp
+++ b/src/posix_api.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ BOOST_RE_IX_DECL int BOOST_RE_CCALL regcompA(regex_tA* expression, const char* p
       expression->guts = new regex();
       } catch(...)
       {
-         delete (regex*)(expression->guts);
          return REG_ESPACE;
       }
    }
diff --git a/src/wide_posix_api.cpp b/src/wide_posix_api.cpp
index ae4321d8..9f7e0dc7 100644
--- a/src/wide_posix_api.cpp
+++ b/src/wide_posix_api.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ BOOST_RE_IX_DECL int BOOST_RE_CCALL regcompW(regex_tW* expression, const wchar_t
       expression->guts = new wregex();
       } catch(...)
       {
-         delete (wregex*)(expression->guts);
          return REG_ESPACE;
       }
    }