diff --git a/GI/src/giimport.jl b/GI/src/giimport.jl
index 5fd6d4f5..adabf1d8 100644
--- a/GI/src/giimport.jl
+++ b/GI/src/giimport.jl
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ function convert_from_c(name::Symbol, arginfo::ArgInfo, typeinfo::TypeDesc{T}) w
             if elmtype.gitype == GObject
                 return :(arrtemp=collect(unsafe_wrap(Vector{$elmctype}, $name,$lensymb[]));GLib.g_free($name);arrtemp=convert.($(elmtype.jtype), arrtemp, false))
             elseif elmctype == :(Ptr{UInt8}) || elmctype == :(Cstring)
-                return :(bytestring.(unsafe_wrap(Vector{$elmctype}, $name, $lensymb[]),true))
+                return :(arrtemp=bytestring.(unsafe_wrap(Vector{$elmctype}, $name, $lensymb[]),false);GLib.g_free($name);arrtemp)
             else
                 return :(arrtemp=collect(unsafe_wrap(Vector{$elmctype}, $name,$lensymb[]));GLib.g_free($name);arrtemp)
             end
diff --git a/src/gen/glib_methods b/src/gen/glib_methods
index 28201f45..6f8371cd 100644
--- a/src/gen/glib_methods
+++ b/src/gen/glib_methods
@@ -1973,7 +1973,11 @@ $(Expr(:toplevel, quote
     function get_bytestring_array(instance::GVariant)
         m_length = Ref{UInt64}()
         ret = ccall(("g_variant_get_bytestring_array", libglib), Ptr{Cstring}, (Ptr{GVariant}, Ptr{UInt64}), instance, m_length)
-        ret2 = bytestring.(unsafe_wrap(Vector{Cstring}, ret, m_length[]), true)
+        ret2 = begin
+                arrtemp = bytestring.(unsafe_wrap(Vector{Cstring}, ret, m_length[]), false)
+                GLib.g_free(ret)
+                arrtemp
+            end
         _length = m_length[]
         ret2
     end
@@ -2025,7 +2029,11 @@ $(Expr(:toplevel, quote
     function get_objv(instance::GVariant)
         m_length = Ref{UInt64}()
         ret = ccall(("g_variant_get_objv", libglib), Ptr{Cstring}, (Ptr{GVariant}, Ptr{UInt64}), instance, m_length)
-        ret2 = bytestring.(unsafe_wrap(Vector{Cstring}, ret, m_length[]), true)
+        ret2 = begin
+                arrtemp = bytestring.(unsafe_wrap(Vector{Cstring}, ret, m_length[]), false)
+                GLib.g_free(ret)
+                arrtemp
+            end
         _length = m_length[]
         ret2
     end
@@ -2043,7 +2051,11 @@ $(Expr(:toplevel, quote
     function get_strv(instance::GVariant)
         m_length = Ref{UInt64}()
         ret = ccall(("g_variant_get_strv", libglib), Ptr{Cstring}, (Ptr{GVariant}, Ptr{UInt64}), instance, m_length)
-        ret2 = bytestring.(unsafe_wrap(Vector{Cstring}, ret, m_length[]), true)
+        ret2 = begin
+                arrtemp = bytestring.(unsafe_wrap(Vector{Cstring}, ret, m_length[]), false)
+                GLib.g_free(ret)
+                arrtemp
+            end
         _length = m_length[]
         ret2
     end