diff --git a/dlib/dlib.cc b/dlib/dlib.cc
index 395d75f..7d179c2 100644
--- a/dlib/dlib.cc
+++ b/dlib/dlib.cc
@@ -935,8 +935,7 @@ CharPtrNoStringConversion dGetcwd (void)
 std::optional< std::string >
 dGethomedir_string()
 {
-	auto owned= Alepha::AutoRAII< char * >{ dGethomedir, dFree };
-	const char *const ptr= owned;
+	const char *const ptr= dGethomedir();
 
 	if( not ptr ) return std::nullopt;
 	return ptr;