diff --git a/MiscMerge/MiscMergeTemplate.m b/MiscMerge/MiscMergeTemplate.m
index dfed99d8..b85813a8 100755
--- a/MiscMerge/MiscMergeTemplate.m
+++ b/MiscMerge/MiscMergeTemplate.m
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ - (void)parseContentsOfFile:(NSString *)filename
     NSString *string = [self contentsOfFileWithName:filename];
     [self setFilename:filename];
     [self parseString:string];
-    [string release];
 }
 
 /*"