diff --git a/src/option_parser.c b/src/option_parser.c
index 8bcaee2..3edb398 100644
--- a/src/option_parser.c
+++ b/src/option_parser.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ section_t *new_section(char *name)
 
         section_count++;
         sections = g_realloc(sections, sizeof(section_t) * section_count);
-        if(sections == NULL) die("Unable to allocate memory.\n", 1);
         sections[section_count - 1].name = g_strdup(name);
         sections[section_count - 1].entries = NULL;
         sections[section_count - 1].entry_count = 0;
diff --git a/src/x.c b/src/x.c
index 62dbce7..310c341 100644
--- a/src/x.c
+++ b/src/x.c
@@ -1378,9 +1378,6 @@ void x_shortcut_init(keyboard_shortcut * ks)
         char *str = g_strdup(ks->str);
         char *str_begin = str;
 
-        if (str == NULL)
-                die("Unable to allocate memory", EXIT_FAILURE);
-
         while (strchr(str, '+')) {
                 char *mod = str;
                 while (*str != '+')