diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
index 0a27af6505..1367204b65 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
@@ -2068,7 +2068,6 @@ ARDOUR_UI::get_session_parameters (Glib::ustring predetermined_path, bool have_e
 		session_name = basename_nosuffix (string (predetermined_path));
 
 		new_session_dialog->set_session_name (session_name);
-		cerr << "set sF to " << session_path << endl;
 		new_session_dialog->set_session_folder (session_path);
 		new_session_dialog->set_modal (true);
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/new_session_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/new_session_dialog.cc
index 73a3baa5f1..c6f4c1c9ff 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/new_session_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/new_session_dialog.cc
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ NewSessionDialog::set_session_folder(const Glib::ustring& dir)
 		cerr << "canonical = " << res << endl;
 
 		Glib::ustring realdir = res;
-		free (res);
 		
 		if (!Glib::file_test (realdir, Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
 			realdir = Glib::path_get_dirname (realdir);