diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
index 3881e96..b3d498d 100644
--- a/dwarf_loader.c
+++ b/dwarf_loader.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static struct label *label__new(Dwarf_Die *die, struct cu *cu)
 
 	if (label != NULL) {
 		tag__init(&label->ip.tag, cu, die);
-		label->name = strings__add(strings, attr_string(die, DW_AT_name));
+		label->name = strdup_attr_string(die, DW_AT_name);
 		if (!cu->has_addr_info || dwarf_lowpc(die, &label->ip.addr))
 			label->ip.addr = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/dwarves.h b/dwarves.h
index 9752c8d8..8a1c5a1 100644
--- a/dwarves.h
+++ b/dwarves.h
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static inline struct inline_expansion *
 
 struct label {
 	struct ip_tag	 ip;
-	strings_t	 name;
+	const char	 *name;
 };
 
 static inline struct label *tag__label(const struct tag *tag)
@@ -646,10 +646,9 @@ static inline struct label *tag__label(const struct tag *tag)
 	return (struct label *)tag;
 }
 
-static inline const char *label__name(const struct label *label,
-				      const struct cu *cu)
+static inline const char *label__name(const struct label *label)
 {
-	return cu__string(cu, label->name);
+	return label->name;
 }
 
 enum vscope {
diff --git a/dwarves_fprintf.c b/dwarves_fprintf.c
index 300cdc3..a10c414 100644
--- a/dwarves_fprintf.c
+++ b/dwarves_fprintf.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ static size_t function__tag_fprintf(const struct tag *tag, const struct cu *cu,
 		printed = fprintf(fp, "%.*s", indent, tabs);
 		fputc('\n', fp);
 		++printed;
-		c = fprintf(fp, "%s:", label__name(label, cu));
+		c = fprintf(fp, "%s:", label__name(label));
 		printed += c;
 	}
 		break;