diff --git a/core/rend/CustomTexture.cpp b/core/rend/CustomTexture.cpp
index 4b02588f9..7a9b8ad07 100644
--- a/core/rend/CustomTexture.cpp
+++ b/core/rend/CustomTexture.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void CustomTexture::LoaderThread()
 				texture->ComputeHash();
 				if (texture->custom_image_data != NULL)
 				{
-					delete [] texture->custom_image_data;
+					free(texture->custom_image_data);
 					texture->custom_image_data = NULL;
 				}
 				if (!texture->dirty)
diff --git a/core/rend/TexCache.cpp b/core/rend/TexCache.cpp
index 8ec17d07b..7840e8210 100644
--- a/core/rend/TexCache.cpp
+++ b/core/rend/TexCache.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ bool BaseTextureCacheData::Delete()
 		lock_block = nullptr;
 	}
 
-	delete[] custom_image_data;
+	free(custom_image_data);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ void BaseTextureCacheData::CheckCustomTexture()
 	{
 		tex_type = TextureType::_8888;
 		UploadToGPU(custom_width, custom_height, custom_image_data, IsMipmapped(), false);
-		delete [] custom_image_data;
+		free(custom_image_data);
 		custom_image_data = NULL;
 	}
 }