diff --git a/crypto/conf/conf.c b/crypto/conf/conf.c
index 85571f4991c..7e049bb303c 100644
--- a/crypto/conf/conf.c
+++ b/crypto/conf/conf.c
@@ -643,15 +643,7 @@ int CONF_modules_load_file(const char *filename, const char *appname,
 }
 
 char *CONF_get1_default_config_file(void) {
-  const char *temp = "No support for Config files in AWS-LC.";
-  size_t temp_len = strlen(temp) + 1;
-
-  char *ret = (char *)OPENSSL_malloc(temp_len);
-  if(ret == NULL) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  OPENSSL_memcpy(ret, temp, temp_len);
-  return ret;
+  return OPENSSL_strdup("No support for Config files in AWS-LC.");
 }
 
 void CONF_modules_free(void) {}