diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 5b4ae10654..733eab2dac 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ APIs is not allowed in the QEMU codebase. Instead of these routines,
 use the replacement g_malloc/g_malloc0/g_realloc/g_free or
 qemu_vmalloc/qemu_memalign/qemu_vfree APIs.
 
-Please note that NULL check for the qemu_malloc result is redundant and
+Please note that NULL check for the g_malloc result is redundant and
 that g_malloc() call with zero size is not allowed.
 
 Memory allocated by qemu_vmalloc or qemu_memalign must be freed with
diff --git a/coroutine-gthread.c b/coroutine-gthread.c
index b00e548b2d..fdea27a106 100644
--- a/coroutine-gthread.c
+++ b/coroutine-gthread.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_self(void)
     if (!co) {
         co = g_malloc0(sizeof(*co));
         co->runnable = true;
-        g_static_private_set(&coroutine_key, co, (GDestroyNotify)qemu_free);
+        g_static_private_set(&coroutine_key, co, (GDestroyNotify)g_free);
     }
 
     return &co->base;
diff --git a/ui/cocoa.m b/ui/cocoa.m
index 515e684dd2..d9e4e3dcaa 100644
--- a/ui/cocoa.m
+++ b/ui/cocoa.m
@@ -1004,15 +1004,15 @@ static void cocoa_refresh(DisplayState *ds)
 static void cocoa_cleanup(void)
 {
     COCOA_DEBUG("qemu_cocoa: cocoa_cleanup\n");
-	qemu_free(dcl);
+    g_free(dcl);
 }
 
 void cocoa_display_init(DisplayState *ds, int full_screen)
 {
     COCOA_DEBUG("qemu_cocoa: cocoa_display_init\n");
 
-	dcl = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(DisplayChangeListener));
-	
+    dcl = g_malloc0(sizeof(DisplayChangeListener));
+
     // register vga output callbacks
     dcl->dpy_update = cocoa_update;
     dcl->dpy_resize = cocoa_resize;