diff --git a/lib/kernels/src/kernels/local_cpu_allocator.cc b/lib/kernels/src/kernels/local_cpu_allocator.cc
index 738d1abf27..183cea9be9 100644
--- a/lib/kernels/src/kernels/local_cpu_allocator.cc
+++ b/lib/kernels/src/kernels/local_cpu_allocator.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ void LocalCPUAllocator::deallocate(void *ptr) {
   ASSERT(contains_key(this->ptrs, ptr),
          "Deallocating a pointer that was not allocated by this Allocator");
 
-  free(ptr);
   this->ptrs.erase(ptr);
 }