diff --git a/cmd-run-shell.c b/cmd-run-shell.c
index 03cbc292..9b4c006a 100644
--- a/cmd-run-shell.c
+++ b/cmd-run-shell.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ cmd_run_shell_callback(struct job *job)
 	do {
 		if ((line = evbuffer_readline(job->event->input)) != NULL) {
 			cmd_run_shell_print (job, line);
+			free(line);
 			lines++;
 		}
 	} while (line != NULL);
diff --git a/status.c b/status.c
index 3a315f49..9166ea5e 100644
--- a/status.c
+++ b/status.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ status_job_callback(struct job *job)
 			memcpy(buf, EVBUFFER_DATA(job->event->input), len);
 		buf[len] = '\0';
 	} else
-		buf = xstrdup(line);
+		buf = line;
 
 	so->out = buf;
 	server_status_client(c);