diff --git a/src/wren_value.c b/src/wren_value.c
index 2f9447bb..5782e94a 100644
--- a/src/wren_value.c
+++ b/src/wren_value.c
@@ -339,13 +339,8 @@ Value wrenNewString(WrenVM* vm, const char* text, size_t length)
 
 Value wrenNewUninitializedString(WrenVM* vm, size_t length)
 {
-  // Allocate before the string object in case this triggers a GC which would
-  // free the string object.
-  char* heapText = allocate(vm, length + 1);
-
-  ObjString* string = allocate(vm, sizeof(ObjString));
+  ObjString* string = allocate(vm, sizeof(ObjString) + length + 1);
   initObj(vm, &string->obj, OBJ_STRING, vm->stringClass);
-  string->value = heapText;
 
   return OBJ_VAL(string);
 }
@@ -616,9 +611,6 @@ void wrenFreeObj(WrenVM* vm, Obj* obj)
       break;
 
     case OBJ_STRING:
-      wrenReallocate(vm, ((ObjString*)obj)->value, 0, 0);
-      break;
-
     case OBJ_CLOSURE:
     case OBJ_FIBER:
     case OBJ_INSTANCE:
diff --git a/src/wren_value.h b/src/wren_value.h
index 81c033a7..0f5279d4 100644
--- a/src/wren_value.h
+++ b/src/wren_value.h
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ DECLARE_BUFFER(Value, Value);
 typedef struct
 {
   Obj obj;
-  char* value;
-
-  // TODO: Flexible array.
+  char value[];
 } ObjString;
 
 // The dynamically allocated data structure for a variable that has been used