diff --git a/Modules/_curses_panel.c b/Modules/_curses_panel.c
index f560702..3e9fffd 100644
--- a/Modules/_curses_panel.c
+++ b/Modules/_curses_panel.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 {
     list_of_panels *new;
 
-    if ((new = (list_of_panels *)malloc(sizeof(list_of_panels))) == NULL) {
+    if ((new = (list_of_panels *)PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(list_of_panels))) == NULL) {
         PyErr_NoMemory();
         return -1;
     }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     temp = lop;
     if (temp->po == po) {
         lop = temp->next;
-        free(temp);
+        PyMem_Free(temp);
         return;
     }
     while (temp->next == NULL || temp->next->po != po) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         temp = temp->next;
     }
     n = temp->next->next;
-    free(temp->next);
+    PyMem_Free(temp->next);
     temp->next = n;
     return;
 }
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index dff1a17..fbe18f6 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -3406,7 +3406,7 @@
                 continue;
             if (strncmp(key_n,"KEY_F(",6)==0) {
                 char *p1, *p2;
-                key_n2 = malloc(strlen(key_n)+1);
+                key_n2 = PyMem_Malloc(strlen(key_n)+1);
                 if (!key_n2) {
                     PyErr_NoMemory();
                     break;
@@ -3425,7 +3425,7 @@
                 key_n2 = key_n;
             SetDictInt(key_n2,key);
             if (key_n2 != key_n)
-                free(key_n2);
+                PyMem_Free(key_n2);
         }
 #endif
         SetDictInt("KEY_MIN", KEY_MIN);
diff --git a/Modules/_lsprof.c b/Modules/_lsprof.c
index 5657f2f..fef255f 100644
--- a/Modules/_lsprof.c
+++ b/Modules/_lsprof.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 newProfilerEntry(ProfilerObject *pObj, void *key, PyObject *userObj)
 {
     ProfilerEntry *self;
-    self = (ProfilerEntry*) malloc(sizeof(ProfilerEntry));
+    self = (ProfilerEntry*) PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(ProfilerEntry));
     if (self == NULL) {
         pObj->flags |= POF_NOMEMORY;
         return NULL;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     userObj = normalizeUserObj(userObj);
     if (userObj == NULL) {
         PyErr_Clear();
-        free(self);
+        PyMem_Free(self);
         pObj->flags |= POF_NOMEMORY;
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 newSubEntry(ProfilerObject *pObj,  ProfilerEntry *caller, ProfilerEntry* entry)
 {
     ProfilerSubEntry *self;
-    self = (ProfilerSubEntry*) malloc(sizeof(ProfilerSubEntry));
+    self = (ProfilerSubEntry*) PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(ProfilerSubEntry));
     if (self == NULL) {
         pObj->flags |= POF_NOMEMORY;
         return NULL;
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 static int freeSubEntry(rotating_node_t *header, void *arg)
 {
     ProfilerSubEntry *subentry = (ProfilerSubEntry*) header;
-    free(subentry);
+    PyMem_Free(subentry);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
     ProfilerEntry *entry = (ProfilerEntry*) header;
     RotatingTree_Enum(entry->calls, freeSubEntry, NULL);
     Py_DECREF(entry->userObj);
-    free(entry);
+    PyMem_Free(entry);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -301,13 +301,13 @@
     pObj->profilerEntries = EMPTY_ROTATING_TREE;
     /* release the memory hold by the ProfilerContexts */
     if (pObj->currentProfilerContext) {
-        free(pObj->currentProfilerContext);
+        PyMem_Free(pObj->currentProfilerContext);
         pObj->currentProfilerContext = NULL;
     }
     while (pObj->freelistProfilerContext) {
         ProfilerContext *c = pObj->freelistProfilerContext;
         pObj->freelistProfilerContext = c->previous;
-        free(c);
+        PyMem_Free(c);
     }
     pObj->freelistProfilerContext = NULL;
 }
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
     else {
         /* free list exhausted, allocate a new one */
         pContext = (ProfilerContext*)
-            malloc(sizeof(ProfilerContext));
+            PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(ProfilerContext));
         if (pContext == NULL) {
             pObj->flags |= POF_NOMEMORY;
             goto restorePyerr;
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
         else
             pObj->currentProfilerContext = pContext->previous;
         if (pContext)
-            free(pContext);
+            PyMem_Free(pContext);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 1d7ddcb..ff3ef9e 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -3118,7 +3118,7 @@
     if (_ssl_locks == NULL) {
         _ssl_locks_count = CRYPTO_num_locks();
         _ssl_locks = (PyThread_type_lock *)
-            malloc(sizeof(PyThread_type_lock) * _ssl_locks_count);
+            PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(PyThread_type_lock) * _ssl_locks_count);
         if (_ssl_locks == NULL)
             return 0;
         memset(_ssl_locks, 0,
@@ -3130,7 +3130,7 @@
                 for (j = 0;  j < i;  j++) {
                     PyThread_free_lock(_ssl_locks[j]);
                 }
-                free(_ssl_locks);
+                PyMem_Free(_ssl_locks);
                 return 0;
             }
         }
diff --git a/Modules/audioop.c b/Modules/audioop.c
index 4f2b25f..7175cec 100644
--- a/Modules/audioop.c
+++ b/Modules/audioop.c
@@ -1137,8 +1137,8 @@
                         "not enough memory for output buffer");
         return 0;
     }
-    prev_i = (int *) malloc(nchannels * sizeof(int));
-    cur_i = (int *) malloc(nchannels * sizeof(int));
+    prev_i = (int *) PyMem_Malloc(nchannels * sizeof(int));
+    cur_i = (int *) PyMem_Malloc(nchannels * sizeof(int));
     if (prev_i == NULL || cur_i == NULL) {
         (void) PyErr_NoMemory();
         goto exit;
@@ -1257,10 +1257,8 @@
         }
     }
   exit:
-    if (prev_i != NULL)
-        free(prev_i);
-    if (cur_i != NULL)
-        free(cur_i);
+    PyMem_Free(prev_i);
+    PyMem_Free(cur_i);
     return rv;
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 226a4d5..a9a64fa 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -1298,14 +1298,14 @@
     if (!result)
         return FALSE;
     if (result > MAX_PATH+1) {
-        new_path = malloc(result * sizeof(wchar_t));
+        new_path = PyMem_RawMalloc(result * sizeof(wchar_t));
         if (!new_path) {
             SetLastError(ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY);
             return FALSE;
         }
         result = GetCurrentDirectoryW(result, new_path);
         if (!result) {
-            free(new_path);
+            PyMem_RawFree(new_path);
             return FALSE;
         }
     }
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@
     env[1] = new_path[0];
     result = SetEnvironmentVariableW(env, new_path);
     if (new_path != _new_path)
-        free(new_path);
+        PyMem_RawFree(new_path);
     return result;
 }
 #endif
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@
     if(!buf_size)
         return FALSE;
 
-    buf = (wchar_t *)malloc((buf_size+1)*sizeof(wchar_t));
+    buf = (wchar_t *)PyMem_Malloc((buf_size+1)*sizeof(wchar_t));
     if (!buf) {
         SetLastError(ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY);
         return FALSE;
@@ -1507,12 +1507,12 @@
                        buf, buf_size, VOLUME_NAME_DOS);
 
     if(!result_length) {
-        free(buf);
+        PyMem_Free(buf);
         return FALSE;
     }
 
     if(!CloseHandle(hdl)) {
-        free(buf);
+        PyMem_Free(buf);
         return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@
                     return -1;
 
                 code = win32_xstat_impl_w(target_path, result, FALSE);
-                free(target_path);
+                PyMem_Free(target_path);
                 return code;
             }
         } else
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@
                     return -1;
 
                 code = win32_xstat_impl_w(target_path, result, FALSE);
-                free(target_path);
+                PyMem_Free(target_path);
                 return code;
             }
         } else
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@
            terminating \0. If the buffer is too small, len includes
            the space needed for the terminator. */
         if (len >= sizeof wbuf/ sizeof wbuf[0]) {
-            wbuf2 = malloc(len * sizeof(wchar_t));
+            wbuf2 = PyMem_RawMalloc(len * sizeof(wchar_t));
             if (wbuf2)
                 len = GetCurrentDirectoryW(len, wbuf2);
         }
@@ -3100,12 +3100,12 @@
         }
         if (!len) {
             if (wbuf2 != wbuf)
-                free(wbuf2);
+                PyMem_RawFree(wbuf2);
             return PyErr_SetFromWindowsErr(0);
         }
         resobj = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(wbuf2, len);
         if (wbuf2 != wbuf)
-            free(wbuf2);
+            PyMem_RawFree(wbuf2);
         return resobj;
     }
 
@@ -3289,7 +3289,7 @@
             len = wcslen(path->wide);
         }
         /* The +5 is so we can append "\\*.*\0" */
-        wnamebuf = malloc((len + 5) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+        wnamebuf = PyMem_Malloc((len + 5) * sizeof(wchar_t));
         if (!wnamebuf) {
             PyErr_NoMemory();
             goto exit;
@@ -3410,8 +3410,7 @@
             }
         }
     }
-    if (wnamebuf)
-        free(wnamebuf);
+    PyMem_Free(wnamebuf);
 
     return list;
 }  /* end of _listdir_windows_no_opendir */
@@ -3575,7 +3574,7 @@
                                   Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(woutbuf),
                                   woutbuf, &wtemp);
         if (result > Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(woutbuf)) {
-            woutbufp = malloc(result * sizeof(wchar_t));
+            woutbufp = PyMem_Malloc(result * sizeof(wchar_t));
             if (!woutbufp)
                 return PyErr_NoMemory();
             result = GetFullPathNameW(wpath, result, woutbufp, &wtemp);
@@ -3585,7 +3584,7 @@
         else
             v = win32_error_object("GetFullPathNameW", po);
         if (woutbufp != woutbuf)
-            free(woutbufp);
+            PyMem_Free(woutbufp);
         return v;
     }
     /* Drop the argument parsing error as narrow strings
@@ -3655,7 +3654,7 @@
     if(!buf_size)
         return win32_error_object("GetFinalPathNameByHandle", po);
 
-    target_path = (wchar_t *)malloc((buf_size+1)*sizeof(wchar_t));
+    target_path = (wchar_t *)PyMem_Malloc((buf_size+1)*sizeof(wchar_t));
     if(!target_path)
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
 
@@ -3669,7 +3668,7 @@
 
     target_path[result_length] = 0;
     result = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(target_path, result_length);
-    free(target_path);
+    PyMem_Free(target_path);
     return result;
 
 } /* end of posix__getfinalpathname */
diff --git a/Modules/pyexpat.c b/Modules/pyexpat.c
index 067b775..1568002 100644
--- a/Modules/pyexpat.c
+++ b/Modules/pyexpat.c
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@
     PyObject_GC_Track(new_parser);
 
     if (self->buffer != NULL) {
-        new_parser->buffer = malloc(new_parser->buffer_size);
+        new_parser->buffer = PyMem_Malloc(new_parser->buffer_size);
         if (new_parser->buffer == NULL) {
             Py_DECREF(new_parser);
             return PyErr_NoMemory();
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@
     for (i = 0; handler_info[i].name != NULL; i++)
         /* do nothing */;
 
-    new_parser->handlers = malloc(sizeof(PyObject *) * i);
+    new_parser->handlers = PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(PyObject *) * i);
     if (!new_parser->handlers) {
         Py_DECREF(new_parser);
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@
     for (i = 0; handler_info[i].name != NULL; i++)
         /* do nothing */;
 
-    self->handlers = malloc(sizeof(PyObject *) * i);
+    self->handlers = PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(PyObject *) * i);
     if (!self->handlers) {
         Py_DECREF(self);
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
@@ -1233,11 +1233,11 @@
             self->handlers[i] = NULL;
             Py_XDECREF(temp);
         }
-        free(self->handlers);
+        PyMem_Free(self->handlers);
         self->handlers = NULL;
     }
     if (self->buffer != NULL) {
-        free(self->buffer);
+        PyMem_Free(self->buffer);
         self->buffer = NULL;
     }
     Py_XDECREF(self->intern);
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@
             return -1;
         if (b) {
             if (self->buffer == NULL) {
-                self->buffer = malloc(self->buffer_size);
+                self->buffer = PyMem_Malloc(self->buffer_size);
                 if (self->buffer == NULL) {
                     PyErr_NoMemory();
                     return -1;
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@
         else if (self->buffer != NULL) {
             if (flush_character_buffer(self) < 0)
                 return -1;
-            free(self->buffer);
+            PyMem_Free(self->buffer);
             self->buffer = NULL;
         }
         return 0;
@@ -1508,9 +1508,9 @@
           flush_character_buffer(self);
         }
         /* free existing buffer */
-        free(self->buffer);
+        PyMem_Free(self->buffer);
       }
-      self->buffer = malloc(new_buffer_size);
+      self->buffer = PyMem_Malloc(new_buffer_size);
       if (self->buffer == NULL) {
         PyErr_NoMemory();
         return -1;
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index 5a14b59..ffc29f6 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@
         return NULL;
     /* Make a copy -- rl_parse_and_bind() modifies its argument */
     /* Bernard Herzog */
-    copy = malloc(1 + strlen(s));
+    copy = PyMem_Malloc(1 + strlen(s));
     if (copy == NULL)
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
     strcpy(copy, s);
     rl_parse_and_bind(copy);
-    free(copy); /* Free the copy */
+    PyMem_Free(copy); /* Free the copy */
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/zlibmodule.c b/Modules/zlibmodule.c
index 8100cbf..30147ae 100644
--- a/Modules/zlibmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/zlibmodule.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 
     zst.avail_out = length + length/1000 + 12 + 1;
 
-    output = (Byte*)malloc(zst.avail_out);
+    output = (Byte*)PyMem_Malloc(zst.avail_out);
     if (output == NULL) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_MemoryError,
                         "Can't allocate memory to compress data");
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 
  error:
     PyBuffer_Release(&pinput);
-    free(output);
+    PyMem_Free(output);
 
     return ReturnVal;
 }
diff --git a/PC/winreg.c b/PC/winreg.c
index a2511d5..79f08a6 100644
--- a/PC/winreg.c
+++ b/PC/winreg.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@
                 wchar_t *data = (wchar_t *)retDataBuf;
                 int len = retDataSize / 2;
                 int s = countStrings(data, len);
-                wchar_t **str = (wchar_t **)malloc(sizeof(wchar_t *)*s);
+                wchar_t **str = (wchar_t **)PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(wchar_t *)*s);
                 if (str == NULL)
                     return PyErr_NoMemory();
 
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@
                                    index,
                                    PyUnicode_FromWideChar(str[index], len));
                 }
-                free(str);
+                PyMem_Free(str);
 
                 break;
             }