diff --git a/WINGs/WINGs/WUtil.h b/WINGs/WINGs/WUtil.h
index 35bcedbf..1277f985 100644
--- a/WINGs/WINGs/WUtil.h
+++ b/WINGs/WINGs/WUtil.h
@@ -592,11 +592,6 @@ WMData* WMCreateDataWithLength(unsigned length);
 
 WMData* WMCreateDataWithBytes(const void *bytes, unsigned length);
 
-/* destructor is a function called to free the data when releasing the data
- * object, or NULL if no freeing of data is necesary. */
-WMData* WMCreateDataWithBytesNoCopy(void *bytes, unsigned length,
-                                    WMFreeDataProc *destructor);
-
 WMData* WMCreateDataWithData(WMData *aData);
 
 WMData* WMRetainData(WMData *aData);
diff --git a/WINGs/data.c b/WINGs/data.c
index f42a5c37..9fdcd10e 100644
--- a/WINGs/data.c
+++ b/WINGs/data.c
@@ -78,22 +78,6 @@ WMData *WMCreateDataWithBytes(const void *bytes, unsigned length)
 	return aData;
 }
 
-WMData *WMCreateDataWithBytesNoCopy(void *bytes, unsigned length, WMFreeDataProc * destructor)
-{
-	WMData *aData;
-
-	aData = (WMData *) wmalloc(sizeof(WMData));
-	aData->length = length;
-	aData->capacity = length;
-	aData->growth = length / 2 > 0 ? length / 2 : 1;
-	aData->bytes = bytes;
-	aData->retainCount = 1;
-	aData->format = 0;
-	aData->destructor = destructor;
-
-	return aData;
-}
-
 WMData *WMCreateDataWithData(WMData * aData)
 {
 	WMData *newData;
diff --git a/WINGs/selection.c b/WINGs/selection.c
index 0d1bc59c..63d364b0 100644
--- a/WINGs/selection.c
+++ b/WINGs/selection.c
@@ -261,8 +261,9 @@ static WMData *getSelectionData(Display * dpy, Window win, Atom where)
 
 	bpi = bits / 8;
 
-	wdata = WMCreateDataWithBytesNoCopy(data, len * bpi, (void *) XFree);
+	wdata = WMCreateDataWithBytes(data, len * bpi);
 	WMSetDataFormat(wdata, bits);
+	XFree(data);
 
 	return wdata;
 }