diff --git a/vtkm/thirdparty/loguru/vtkmloguru/loguru.hpp b/vtkm/thirdparty/loguru/vtkmloguru/loguru.hpp
index a1be9b109..124bdbaaf 100644
--- a/vtkm/thirdparty/loguru/vtkmloguru/loguru.hpp
+++ b/vtkm/thirdparty/loguru/vtkmloguru/loguru.hpp
@@ -2283,9 +2283,7 @@ namespace loguru
 	{
 		#if LOGURU_PTLS_NAMES
 			(void)pthread_once(&s_pthread_key_once, make_pthread_key_name);
-			char* name_dup = strdup(name);
-			(void)pthread_setspecific(s_pthread_key_name, name_dup);
-			free(name_dup);
+			(void)pthread_setspecific(s_pthread_key_name, strdup(name));
 
 		#elif LOGURU_PTHREADS
 			#ifdef __APPLE__