diff --git a/crypto/heimdal/lib/asn1/gen_free.c b/crypto/heimdal/lib/asn1/gen_free.c
index 74449fe6ca82..b9cae7533b17 100644
--- a/crypto/heimdal/lib/asn1/gen_free.c
+++ b/crypto/heimdal/lib/asn1/gen_free.c
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ free_type (const char *name, const Type *t, int preserve)
     case TNull:
     case TGeneralizedTime:
     case TUTCTime:
-        /*
-         * This doesn't do much, but it leaves zeros where garbage might
-         * otherwise have been found.  Gets us closer to having the equivalent
-         * of a memset()-to-zero data structure after calling the free
-         * functions.
-         */
-        fprintf(codefile, "*%s = 0;\n", name);
 	break;
     case TBitString:
 	if (ASN1_TAILQ_EMPTY(t->members))