diff --git a/src/MEDWrapper/MED_Factory.cxx b/src/MEDWrapper/MED_Factory.cxx
index dbe60c051..3e354c131 100644
--- a/src/MEDWrapper/MED_Factory.cxx
+++ b/src/MEDWrapper/MED_Factory.cxx
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ namespace MED
 #else
 	cosnt char* path = xmlPath.c_str();
 #endif
-    return (GetFileAttributes(path) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES);
+	bool res = (GetFileAttributes(path) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES);
+#ifdef UNICODE
+	delete path;
+#endif
+	return res;
 #else
     return (access(fileName.c_str(), F_OK) == 0);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI_HypothesesUtils.cxx b/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI_HypothesesUtils.cxx
index 255d2f575..42847411b 100644
--- a/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI_HypothesesUtils.cxx
+++ b/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI_HypothesesUtils.cxx
@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@ namespace SMESH
         char* path = baPath.data();
 #endif
         LibHandle libHandle = LoadLib( path );
+#if defined(WIN32) && defined(UNICODE)
+      delete path;
+#endif
         if (!libHandle) {
           // report any error, if occurred
           {