diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a0ed272..8e1604a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	current answer to the empty string, as do_prompt() can handle a NULL.
 	* src/browser.c (do_browser): Delete a snippet of dead code.
 	* src/browser.c (do_browser): Delete an unneeded variable.
+	* src/search.c (do_gotolinecolumn): Delete another unneeded variable.
 
 2016-03-17  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/search.c (do_research): Use the Search key bindings also during
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 33faf9e0..0ef9f3e2 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -918,7 +918,6 @@ void do_gotolinecolumn(ssize_t line, ssize_t column, bool use_answer,
 	bool interactive)
 {
     if (interactive) {
-	char *ans = mallocstrcpy(NULL, answer);
 	functionptrtype func;
 
 	/* Ask for the line and column. */
@@ -926,15 +925,13 @@ void do_gotolinecolumn(ssize_t line, ssize_t column, bool use_answer,
 #ifndef DISABLE_TABCOMP
 		TRUE,
 #endif
-		MGOTOLINE, use_answer ? ans : "",
+		MGOTOLINE, use_answer ? answer : NULL,
 #ifndef DISABLE_HISTORIES
 		NULL,
 #endif
 		/* TRANSLATORS: This is a prompt. */
 		edit_refresh, _("Enter line number, column number"));
 
-	free(ans);
-
 	/* Cancel, or Enter with blank string. */
 	if (i < 0) {
 	    statusbar(_("Cancelled"));