diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
index 900a986cb081..f8f374d23a08 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
@@ -520,10 +520,6 @@ void apiClient_invoke(apiClient_t    *apiClient,
 
         free(targetUrl);
 
-        if(contentType != NULL) {
-            free(buffContent);
-        }
-
         if(res == CURLE_OK) {
             curl_easy_getinfo(handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &apiClient->response_code);
         } else {
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/c/src/apiClient.c b/samples/client/petstore/c/src/apiClient.c
index e156bc53b959..cb77e9c61987 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/c/src/apiClient.c
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/c/src/apiClient.c
@@ -437,10 +437,6 @@ void apiClient_invoke(apiClient_t    *apiClient,
 
         free(targetUrl);
 
-        if(contentType != NULL) {
-            free(buffContent);
-        }
-
         if(res == CURLE_OK) {
             curl_easy_getinfo(handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &apiClient->response_code);
         } else {