diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/vst_types.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/vst_types.h
index 1b443dc192..35b52435ab 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/vst_types.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/vst_types.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ struct LIBARDOUR_API _VSTHandle
 {
 	void*        dll;
 	char*        name;
-	char*        nameptr;
 	char*        path;
 	
 	main_entry_t main_entry;
diff --git a/libs/ardour/linux_vst_support.cc b/libs/ardour/linux_vst_support.cc
index 35a51fa4f4..0d976d653b 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/linux_vst_support.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/linux_vst_support.cc
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ vstfx_load (const char *path)
 		buf = (char *)malloc(strlen(path) + 4); //The .so and a terminating zero
 
 		sprintf (buf, "%s.so", path);
-		
-		fhandle->nameptr = strdup (path);
 
 	}
 	else
@@ -219,8 +217,6 @@ vstfx_load (const char *path)
 		/*We already have .so appened to the filename*/
 		
 		buf = strdup(path);
-		
-		fhandle->nameptr = strdup (path);
 	}
 
 	/* get a name for the plugin based on the path: ye old VST problem where
@@ -228,7 +224,7 @@ vstfx_load (const char *path)
 	   which we don't want to do at this point
 	*/
 	
-	fhandle->name = strdup (PBD::basename_nosuffix (fhandle->nameptr).c_str());
+	fhandle->name = strdup (PBD::basename_nosuffix (path).c_str());
 
 	/*call load_vstfx_library to actually load the .so into memory*/
 
@@ -290,9 +286,8 @@ vstfx_unload (VSTHandle* fhandle)
 		fhandle->dll = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (fhandle->nameptr)
+	if (fhandle->name)
 	{
-		free (fhandle->nameptr);
 		free (fhandle->name);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/libs/fst/vstwin.c b/libs/fst/vstwin.c
index 6537918a7f..a55d4e59aa 100644
--- a/libs/fst/vstwin.c
+++ b/libs/fst/vstwin.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 static UINT_PTR idle_timer_id   = 0;
-//extern char* basename(char *path);  //
 
 #else /* linux + wine */
 
@@ -490,9 +489,8 @@ fst_load (const char *path)
 	if ((strlen(path)) && (NULL != (fhandle = fst_handle_new ())))
 	{
 		char* period;
-		fhandle->nameptr = strdup (path);
 		fhandle->path = strdup (path);
-		fhandle->name = strdup (g_path_get_basename(fhandle->nameptr));
+		fhandle->name = g_path_get_basename(path);
 		if ((period = strrchr (fhandle->name, '.'))) {
 			*period = '\0';
 		}
@@ -541,9 +539,8 @@ fst_unload (VSTHandle** fhandle)
 		(*fhandle)->path = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if ((*fhandle)->nameptr) {
-		free ((*fhandle)->nameptr);
-		(*fhandle)->nameptr = NULL;
+	if ((*fhandle)->name) {
+		free ((*fhandle)->name);
 		(*fhandle)->name = NULL;
 	}