diff --git a/libs/utils/BackupHelpers.cpp b/libs/utils/BackupHelpers.cpp
index f77a891..214f6d7 100644
--- a/libs/utils/BackupHelpers.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/BackupHelpers.cpp
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
 
     // read/write up to this much at a time.
     const size_t BUFSIZE = 32 * 1024;
-    char* buf = new char[BUFSIZE];
+    char* buf = (char *)calloc(1,BUFSIZE);
     char* paxHeader = buf + 512;    // use a different chunk of it as separate scratch
     char* paxData = buf + 1024;
 
@@ -556,9 +556,6 @@
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    // Good to go -- first construct the standard tar header at the start of the buffer
-    memset(buf, 0, BUFSIZE);
-
     // Magic fields for the ustar file format
     strcat(buf + 257, "ustar");
     strcat(buf + 263, "00");
diff --git a/libs/utils/ResourceTypes.cpp b/libs/utils/ResourceTypes.cpp
index 3fa562e..af2f3a9 100644
--- a/libs/utils/ResourceTypes.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/ResourceTypes.cpp
@@ -379,8 +379,7 @@
         size_t charSize;
         if (mHeader->flags&ResStringPool_header::UTF8_FLAG) {
             charSize = sizeof(uint8_t);
-            mCache = (char16_t**)malloc(sizeof(char16_t**)*mHeader->stringCount);
-            memset(mCache, 0, sizeof(char16_t**)*mHeader->stringCount);
+            mCache = (char16_t**)calloc(mHeader->stringCount, sizeof(char16_t**));
         } else {
             charSize = sizeof(char16_t);
         }
@@ -3252,16 +3251,14 @@
 
     // Bag not found, we need to compute it!
     if (!grp->bags) {
-        grp->bags = (bag_set***)malloc(sizeof(bag_set*)*grp->typeCount);
+        grp->bags = (bag_set***)calloc(grp->typeCount, sizeof(bag_set*));
         if (!grp->bags) return NO_MEMORY;
-        memset(grp->bags, 0, sizeof(bag_set*)*grp->typeCount);
     }
 
     bag_set** typeSet = grp->bags[t];
     if (!typeSet) {
-        typeSet = (bag_set**)malloc(sizeof(bag_set*)*NENTRY);
+        typeSet = (bag_set**)calloc(NENTRY, sizeof(bag_set*));
         if (!typeSet) return NO_MEMORY;
-        memset(typeSet, 0, sizeof(bag_set*)*NENTRY);
         grp->bags[t] = typeSet;
     }