diff --git a/src/lib/netlist/prg/nltool.cpp b/src/lib/netlist/prg/nltool.cpp
index bbe5e8b3039..3c7065897e7 100644
--- a/src/lib/netlist/prg/nltool.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/netlist/prg/nltool.cpp
@@ -395,10 +395,6 @@ static const char *pmf_verbose[] =
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-#if (!PSTANDALONE)
-	track_memory(true);
-	{
-#endif
 	tool_options_t opts;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -462,9 +458,5 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	pstring::resetmem();
-#if (!PSTANDALONE)
-	}
-	dump_unfreed_mem();
-#endif
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/netlist/prg/nlwav.cpp b/src/lib/netlist/prg/nlwav.cpp
index 681b0e6d79e..bba12ca1152 100644
--- a/src/lib/netlist/prg/nlwav.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/netlist/prg/nlwav.cpp
@@ -237,10 +237,6 @@ void usage(nlwav_options_t &opts)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-#if (!PSTANDALONE)
-	track_memory(true);
-	{
-#endif
 	nlwav_options_t opts;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -258,10 +254,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	convert(opts);
-#if (!PSTANDALONE)
-	}
-	dump_unfreed_mem();
-#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }