diff --git a/src/util/FFstrbuf.c b/src/util/FFstrbuf.c
index bc6e3766f..9b8f7f41c 100644
--- a/src/util/FFstrbuf.c
+++ b/src/util/FFstrbuf.c
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ void ffStrbufInitCopy(FFstrbuf* strbuf, const FFstrbuf* src)
 
 static void setCapacity(FFstrbuf* strbuf, uint32_t capacity)
 {
-    if(capacity == 0)
-    {
-        ffStrbufDestroy(strbuf);
-        return;
-    }
-
     if(strbuf->allocated == 0)
     {
         strbuf->chars = malloc(sizeof(*strbuf->chars) * capacity);
@@ -535,6 +529,4 @@ void ffStrbufPutTo(const FFstrbuf* strbuf, FILE* file)
 void ffStrbufDestroy(FFstrbuf* strbuf)
 {
     free(strbuf->chars);
-    strbuf->allocated = 0;
-    ffStrbufClear(strbuf);
 }