diff --git a/src/common/cmdparse.cc b/src/common/cmdparse.cc
index 467c2140cb0..d4984d1d332 100644
--- a/src/common/cmdparse.cc
+++ b/src/common/cmdparse.cc
@@ -138,14 +138,14 @@ cmdmap_from_json(vector<string> cmd, map<string, cmd_vartype> *mapp, stringstrea
 	  // array is a vector of values.  Unpack it to a vector
 	  // of strings, the only type we handle.
 	  vector<json_spirit::mValue> spvals = it->second.get_array();
-	  vector<string> *outvp = new vector<string>;
+	  vector<string> outv;
 	  for (vector<json_spirit::mValue>::iterator sv = spvals.begin();
 	       sv != spvals.end(); sv++) {
 	    if (sv->type() != json_spirit::str_type)
 	      throw(runtime_error("Can't handle arrays of non-strings"));
-	    outvp->push_back(sv->get_str());
+	    outv.push_back(sv->get_str());
 	  }
-	  (*mapp)[it->first] = *outvp;
+	  (*mapp)[it->first] = outv;
 	}
 	break;
       case json_spirit::str_type: