diff --git a/cs_gen.cc b/cs_gen.cc
index ad96e607..bcea5519 100644
--- a/cs_gen.cc
+++ b/cs_gen.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@
 
 namespace cscript {
 
-char *cs_dup_ostr(ostd::ConstCharRange s);
+char *cs_dup_ostr(ostd::ConstCharRange s) {
+    char *r = new char[s.size() + 1];
+    if (s.data()) {
+        memcpy(r, s.data(), s.size());
+    }
+    r[s.size()] = 0;
+    return r;
+}
 
 static char const *parsestring(char const *p) {
     while (*p) {
diff --git a/cubescript.cc b/cubescript.cc
index 42d36e0a..3f714387 100644
--- a/cubescript.cc
+++ b/cubescript.cc
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@ CsString floatstr(CsFloat v) {
     return static_cast<char const *>(buf);
 }
 
-char *cs_dup_ostr(ostd::ConstCharRange s) {
-    char *r = new char[s.size() + 1];
-    if (s.data()) {
-        memcpy(r, s.data(), s.size());
-    }
-    r[s.size()] = 0;
-    return r;
-}
-
 bool cs_check_num(ostd::ConstCharRange s) {
     if (isdigit(s[0])) {
         return true;
@@ -101,7 +92,7 @@ CsCommand::CsCommand(
     int nargs, CsCommandCb f
 ):
     CsIdent(CsIdentType::command, name, 0),
-    p_cargs(cs_dup_ostr(args)), p_numargs(nargs), p_cb_cftv(ostd::move(f))
+    p_cargs(args), p_cb_cftv(ostd::move(f)), p_numargs(nargs)
 {}
 
 bool CsIdent::is_alias() const {
@@ -353,8 +344,6 @@ CsState::~CsState() {
         if (a) {
             a->get_value().force_null();
             a->clean_code();
-        } else if (i->is_command() || i->is_special()) {
-            delete[] static_cast<CsCommand *>(i)->p_cargs;
         }
         delete i;
     }
diff --git a/cubescript.hh b/cubescript.hh
index 6a7af13e..d26f0dcd 100644
--- a/cubescript.hh
+++ b/cubescript.hh
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ private:
         int numargs, CsCommandCb func
     );
 
-    char *p_cargs;
-    int p_numargs;
+    CsString p_cargs;
     CsCommandCb p_cb_cftv;
+    int p_numargs;
 };
 
 struct CsIdentLink {