diff --git a/src/game/Chat.cpp b/src/game/Chat.cpp
index 5d0901b0596..81655dad638 100644
--- a/src/game/Chat.cpp
+++ b/src/game/Chat.cpp
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ void ChatHandler::SendGlobalGMSysMessage(const char *str)
         FillSystemMessageData(&data, line);
         sWorld.SendGlobalGMMessage(&data);
      }
-    delete buf;
+    free(buf);
 }
 
 void ChatHandler::SendSysMessage(int32 entry)