diff --git a/glib/gbookmarkfile.h b/glib/gbookmarkfile.h
index b87d27e08..8dd93a1dc 100644
--- a/glib/gbookmarkfile.h
+++ b/glib/gbookmarkfile.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar **       g_bookmark_file_get_groups          (GBookmarkFile  *bookmark,
 						    const gchar    *uri,
 						    gsize          *length,
-						    GError        **error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+						    GError        **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 void           g_bookmark_file_add_application     (GBookmarkFile  *bookmark,
 						    const gchar    *uri,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar **       g_bookmark_file_get_applications    (GBookmarkFile  *bookmark,
 						    const gchar    *uri,
 						    gsize          *length,
-						    GError        **error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+						    GError        **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean       g_bookmark_file_set_app_info        (GBookmarkFile  *bookmark,
 						    const gchar    *uri,
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gint           g_bookmark_file_get_size            (GBookmarkFile  *bookmark);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar **       g_bookmark_file_get_uris            (GBookmarkFile  *bookmark,
-						    gsize          *length) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+						    gsize          *length);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean       g_bookmark_file_remove_group        (GBookmarkFile  *bookmark,
 						    const gchar    *uri,
diff --git a/glib/gconvert.h b/glib/gconvert.h
index d0d372150..132f7bb53 100644
--- a/glib/gconvert.h
+++ b/glib/gconvert.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar *g_filename_display_basename (const gchar *filename) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
 
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-gchar **g_uri_list_extract_uris (const gchar *uri_list) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+gchar **g_uri_list_extract_uris (const gchar *uri_list);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/glib/gkeyfile.h b/glib/gkeyfile.h
index 78495518d..7a1004841 100644
--- a/glib/gkeyfile.h
+++ b/glib/gkeyfile.h
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar    *g_key_file_get_start_group        (GKeyFile             *key_file) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar   **g_key_file_get_groups             (GKeyFile             *key_file,
-					     gsize                *length) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+					     gsize                *length);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar   **g_key_file_get_keys               (GKeyFile             *key_file,
 					     const gchar          *group_name,
 					     gsize                *length,
-					     GError              **error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+					     GError              **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean  g_key_file_has_group              (GKeyFile             *key_file,
 					     const gchar          *group_name);
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ gchar   **g_key_file_get_string_list        (GKeyFile             *key_file,
 					     const gchar          *group_name,
 					     const gchar          *key,
 					     gsize                *length,
-					     GError              **error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+					     GError              **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 void      g_key_file_set_string_list        (GKeyFile             *key_file,
 					     const gchar          *group_name,
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ gchar   **g_key_file_get_locale_string_list (GKeyFile             *key_file,
 					     const gchar          *key,
 					     const gchar          *locale,
 					     gsize                *length,
-					     GError              **error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+					     GError              **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 void      g_key_file_set_locale_string_list (GKeyFile             *key_file,
 					     const gchar          *group_name,
diff --git a/glib/gmappedfile.h b/glib/gmappedfile.h
index 1a06f7c56..8256811e6 100644
--- a/glib/gmappedfile.h
+++ b/glib/gmappedfile.h
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ typedef struct _GMappedFile GMappedFile;
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GMappedFile *g_mapped_file_new          (const gchar  *filename,
 				         gboolean      writable,
-				         GError      **error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+				         GError      **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GMappedFile *g_mapped_file_new_from_fd  (gint          fd,
 					 gboolean      writable,
-					 GError      **error) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+					 GError      **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gsize        g_mapped_file_get_length   (GMappedFile  *file);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
diff --git a/glib/gstrfuncs.h b/glib/gstrfuncs.h
index b8790fc78..6b6ce52f9 100644
--- a/glib/gstrfuncs.h
+++ b/glib/gstrfuncs.h
@@ -270,18 +270,18 @@ typedef gchar** GStrv;
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar**	              g_strsplit       (const gchar  *string,
 					const gchar  *delimiter,
-					gint          max_tokens) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+					gint          max_tokens);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar **	      g_strsplit_set   (const gchar *string,
 					const gchar *delimiters,
-					gint         max_tokens) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+					gint         max_tokens);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gchar*                g_strjoinv       (const gchar  *separator,
 					gchar       **str_array) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 void                  g_strfreev       (gchar       **str_array);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-gchar**               g_strdupv        (gchar       **str_array) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+gchar**               g_strdupv        (gchar       **str_array);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 guint                 g_strv_length    (gchar       **str_array);