diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 11b98cd23..07fe96517 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -2877,11 +2877,6 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakNoVar::check()
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-            // Handle the case where the user is calling an allocation function
-            // and never assigns the returned value to a variable, which will lead to a leak.
-            else if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] %var% (") && getAllocationType(tok2->next(), 0) != No)
-                missingAssignementLeak(tok2->next(), tok2->next()->str());
         }
     }
 }
@@ -2891,13 +2886,3 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakNoVar::functionCallLeak(const Token *loc, const std::string
     reportError(loc, Severity::error, "leakNoVarFunctionCall", "Allocation with " + alloc + ", " + functionCall + " doesn't release it.");
 }
 
-void CheckMemoryLeakNoVar::missingAssignementLeak(const Token *loc, const std::string &alloc)
-{
-    reportError(loc, Severity::error, "leakNoVar",
-                "Return value of allocation function " + alloc + " is not used.\n"
-                "Return value of allocation function " + alloc + " is not used and this can lead to a memory leak. "
-                "When the allocation succeeds the function returns a pointer to the allocated memory which "
-                "needs to be freed.");
-}
-
-
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
index 9c263f5ee..f2063c1e3 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.h
@@ -459,13 +459,10 @@ private:
 
     void functionCallLeak(const Token *loc, const std::string &alloc, const std::string &functionCall);
 
-    void missingAssignementLeak(const Token *loc, const std::string &alloc);
-
     void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *e, const Settings *settings) const {
         CheckMemoryLeakNoVar c(0, settings, e);
 
         c.functionCallLeak(0, "funcName", "funcName");
-        c.missingAssignementLeak(0, "funcName");
     }
 
     std::string myName() const {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 8a9700c6b..2d15c5db7 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -5250,7 +5250,7 @@ private:
               "{\n"
               "    malloc(10);\n"
               "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Return value of allocation function malloc is not used.\n", errout.str());
+        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Return value of allocation function malloc is not used.\n", "", errout.str());
 
         check("void *f()\n"
               "{\n"
@@ -5260,7 +5260,7 @@ private:
               "{\n"
               "    f();\n"
               "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:7]: (error) Return value of allocation function f is not used.\n", errout.str());
+        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:7]: (error) Return value of allocation function f is not used.\n", "", errout.str());
     }
 };
 static TestMemleakNoVar testMemleakNoVar;