diff --git a/src/notification.c b/src/notification.c
index abcb19d..16bd9a6 100644
--- a/src/notification.c
+++ b/src/notification.c
@@ -176,12 +176,8 @@ void notification_free(notification *n)
         g_free(n->msg);
         g_free(n->dbus_client);
         g_free(n->category);
-
-        if (n->text_to_render)
-                g_free(n->text_to_render);
-
-        if (n->urls)
-                g_free(n->urls);
+        g_free(n->text_to_render);
+        g_free(n->urls);
 
         if (n->actions) {
                 g_strfreev(n->actions->actions);
@@ -642,10 +638,8 @@ bool notification_replace_by_id(notification *new)
 
 void notification_update_text_to_render(notification *n)
 {
-        if (n->text_to_render) {
-                g_free(n->text_to_render);
-                n->text_to_render = NULL;
-        }
+        g_free(n->text_to_render);
+        n->text_to_render = NULL;
 
         char *buf = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/option_parser.c b/src/option_parser.c
index da85ec5..a8d522f 100644
--- a/src/option_parser.c
+++ b/src/option_parser.c
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ int load_ini_file(FILE *fp)
 
                         *end = '\0';
 
-                        if (current_section)
-                                g_free(current_section);
+                        g_free(current_section);
                         current_section = (g_strdup(start + 1));
                         new_section(current_section);
                         continue;
@@ -296,8 +295,7 @@ int load_ini_file(FILE *fp)
                 add_entry(current_section, key, value);
         }
         free(line);
-        if (current_section)
-                g_free(current_section);
+        g_free(current_section);
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index ebaae8d..fa30c7c 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ void rule_apply(rule_t *r, notification *n)
         if (r->markup != MARKUP_NULL)
                 n->markup = r->markup;
         if (r->new_icon) {
-                if(n->icon)
-                        g_free(n->icon);
+                g_free(n->icon);
                 n->icon = g_strdup(r->new_icon);
                 n->icon_overridden = true;
         }
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
index b10ff9c..4a291bc 100644
--- a/src/settings.c
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ static int ini_get_urgency(const char *section, const char *key, const int def)
                                 "unknown urgency: %s, ignoring\n",
                                 urg);
         }
-        if (urg)
-                g_free(urg);
+        g_free(urg);
         return ret;
 }