diff --git a/libavdevice/sdl.c b/libavdevice/sdl.c
index e708dfdf209bc343675e364b3a4e3f07ac916671..0210ad26d96042b60e9174ea2190e612564684ec 100644
--- a/libavdevice/sdl.c
+++ b/libavdevice/sdl.c
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ static int sdl_write_trailer(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     SDLContext *sdl = s->priv_data;
 
-    av_freep(&sdl->window_title);
-    av_freep(&sdl->icon_title);
-
     if (sdl->overlay) {
         SDL_FreeYUVOverlay(sdl->overlay);
         sdl->overlay = NULL;