diff --git a/src/winwidget.c b/src/winwidget.c
index 81f3c4ff99c92ed2cd9904428179b96b5454535a..7ee63c2109c7a767fac565eb2ce4a1286f52b9b0 100644
--- a/src/winwidget.c
+++ b/src/winwidget.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ void winwidget_rename(winwidget winwid, char *newname)
 void winwidget_free_image(winwidget w)
 {
 	if (w->im)
-		gib_imlib_free_image_and_decache(w->im);
+		gib_imlib_free_image(w->im);
 	w->im = NULL;
 	w->im_w = 0;
 	w->im_h = 0;