diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/glibc/iconv/gconv_cache.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/glibc/iconv/gconv_cache.c
index c1f3dab2c7..a4ba8400ea 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/glibc/iconv/gconv_cache.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/glibc/iconv/gconv_cache.c
@@ -459,10 +459,12 @@ __gconv_release_cache (struct __gconv_step *steps, size_t nsteps)
 /* Free all resources if necessary.  */
 libc_freeres_fn (free_mem)
 {
+#if 0
   if (cache_malloced)
     free (gconv_cache);
 #ifdef _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES
   else
     __munmap (gconv_cache, cache_size);
 #endif
+#endif
 }