diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
index 6c078a47edef7d557ed986cb3ddff508c41650a2..36610b77be20b33d667c27255eddd2ab3f24c771 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bluegene.c
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ extern void fini_bg(void)
 	xfree(bluegene_mloader);
 	xfree(bluegene_ramdisk);
 	xfree(bridge_api_file);
-	xfree(bluegene_layout_mode);
 	xfree(bg_conf);
 	
 #ifdef HAVE_BG_FILES