diff --git a/dlls/dmloader/container.c b/dlls/dmloader/container.c
index 747c2a07341..66049e68907 100644
--- a/dlls/dmloader/container.c
+++ b/dlls/dmloader/container.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static ULONG WINAPI IDirectMusicContainerImpl_Release(IDirectMusicContainer *ifa
     if (!ref) {
         if (This->pStream)
             destroy_dmcontainer(This);
-        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This);
+        free(This);
     }
 
     return ref;
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IPersistStreamImpl_Load(IPersistStream *iface, IStream *pS
 														case DMUS_FOURCC_CONTAINED_OBJECT_LIST: {
 															LPWINE_CONTAINER_ENTRY pNewEntry;
 															TRACE_(dmfile)(": contained object list\n");
-															pNewEntry = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(WINE_CONTAINER_ENTRY));
+															pNewEntry = calloc(1, sizeof(*pNewEntry));
 															DM_STRUCT_INIT(&pNewEntry->Desc);
 															do {
 																IStream_Read (pStm, &Chunk, sizeof(FOURCC)+sizeof(DWORD), NULL);
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IPersistStreamImpl_Load(IPersistStream *iface, IStream *pS
 																switch (Chunk.fccID) {
 																	case DMUS_FOURCC_CONTAINED_ALIAS_CHUNK: {
 																		TRACE_(dmfile)(": alias chunk\n");
-																		pNewEntry->wszAlias = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, Chunk.dwSize);
+																		pNewEntry->wszAlias = calloc(1, Chunk.dwSize);
 																		IStream_Read (pStm, pNewEntry->wszAlias, Chunk.dwSize, NULL);
 																		TRACE_(dmfile)(": alias: %s\n", debugstr_w(pNewEntry->wszAlias));
 																		break;
@@ -649,24 +649,21 @@ static const IPersistStreamVtbl persiststream_vtbl = {
 HRESULT create_dmcontainer(REFIID lpcGUID, void **ppobj)
 {
 	IDirectMusicContainerImpl* obj;
-        HRESULT hr;
+    HRESULT hr;
 
-	obj = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(IDirectMusicContainerImpl));
-	if (NULL == obj) {
-		*ppobj = NULL;
-		return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
-	}
-        obj->IDirectMusicContainer_iface.lpVtbl = &dmcontainer_vtbl;
-        obj->ref = 1;
-        dmobject_init(&obj->dmobj, &CLSID_DirectMusicContainer,
-                        (IUnknown*)&obj->IDirectMusicContainer_iface);
-        obj->dmobj.IDirectMusicObject_iface.lpVtbl = &dmobject_vtbl;
-        obj->dmobj.IPersistStream_iface.lpVtbl = &persiststream_vtbl;
+	*ppobj = NULL;
+	if (!(obj = calloc(1, sizeof(*obj)))) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+    obj->IDirectMusicContainer_iface.lpVtbl = &dmcontainer_vtbl;
+    obj->ref = 1;
+    dmobject_init(&obj->dmobj, &CLSID_DirectMusicContainer,
+                    (IUnknown*)&obj->IDirectMusicContainer_iface);
+    obj->dmobj.IDirectMusicObject_iface.lpVtbl = &dmobject_vtbl;
+    obj->dmobj.IPersistStream_iface.lpVtbl = &persiststream_vtbl;
 	obj->pContainedObjects = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(struct list));
 	list_init (obj->pContainedObjects);
 
-        hr = IDirectMusicContainer_QueryInterface(&obj->IDirectMusicContainer_iface, lpcGUID, ppobj);
-        IDirectMusicContainer_Release(&obj->IDirectMusicContainer_iface);
+    hr = IDirectMusicContainer_QueryInterface(&obj->IDirectMusicContainer_iface, lpcGUID, ppobj);
+    IDirectMusicContainer_Release(&obj->IDirectMusicContainer_iface);
 
-        return hr;
+    return hr;
 }
diff --git a/dlls/dmloader/dmobject.c b/dlls/dmloader/dmobject.c
index b526b23d031..07d887a376c 100644
--- a/dlls/dmloader/dmobject.c
+++ b/dlls/dmloader/dmobject.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "dmusics.h"
 #include "dmobject.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
-#include "wine/heap.h"
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(dmobj);
 WINE_DECLARE_DEBUG_CHANNEL(dmfile);
@@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ HRESULT stream_next_chunk(IStream *stream, struct chunk_entry *chunk)
 /* Reads chunk data of the form:
    DWORD     - size of array element
    element[] - Array of elements
-   The caller needs to heap_free() the array.
+   The caller needs to free() the array.
 */
 HRESULT stream_chunk_get_array(IStream *stream, const struct chunk_entry *chunk, void **array,
         unsigned int *count, DWORD elem_size)
@@ -400,10 +399,10 @@ HRESULT stream_chunk_get_array(IStream *stream, const struct chunk_entry *chunk,
 
     *count = (chunk->size - sizeof(DWORD)) / elem_size;
     size = *count * elem_size;
-    if (!(*array = heap_alloc(size)))
+    if (!(*array = malloc(size)))
         return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
     if (FAILED(hr = stream_read(stream, *array, size))) {
-        heap_free(*array);
+        free(*array);
         *array = NULL;
         return hr;
     }
diff --git a/dlls/dmloader/loader.c b/dlls/dmloader/loader.c
index f303f93baaa..7b1fb8d04a5 100644
--- a/dlls/dmloader/loader.c
+++ b/dlls/dmloader/loader.c
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ static ULONG WINAPI IDirectMusicLoaderImpl_Release(IDirectMusicLoader8 *iface)
 
         IDirectMusicLoader8_ClearCache(iface, &GUID_DirectMusicAllTypes);
         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(classes); i++)
-            HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This->search_paths[i]);
-        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This);
+            free(This->search_paths[i]);
+        free(This);
     }
 
     return ref;
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicLoaderImpl_GetObject(IDirectMusicLoader8 *ifac
         bCache = is_cache_enabled(This, &pDesc->guidClass);
 	if (bCache) {
 		if (!pObjectEntry) {
-                        pObjectEntry = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(*pObjectEntry));
+            pObjectEntry = calloc(1, sizeof(*pObjectEntry));
 			DM_STRUCT_INIT(&pObjectEntry->Desc);
 			DMUSIC_CopyDescriptor (&pObjectEntry->Desc, &GotDesc);
 			pObjectEntry->pObject = pObject;
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicLoaderImpl_SetObject(IDirectMusicLoader8 *ifac
 	TRACE(": adding alias entry with following info:\n");
 	if (TRACE_ON(dmloader))
 		dump_DMUS_OBJECTDESC(pDesc);
-        pNewEntry = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(*pNewEntry));
+    pNewEntry = calloc(1, sizeof(*pNewEntry));
 	/* use this function instead of pure memcpy due to streams (memcpy just copies pointer), 
 	   which is basically used further by app that called SetDescriptor... better safety than exception */
 	DMUSIC_CopyDescriptor (&pNewEntry->Desc, pDesc);
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicLoaderImpl_SetSearchDirectory(IDirectMusicLoad
         return S_OK;
 
     if (!This->search_paths[index])
-        This->search_paths[index] = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, MAX_PATH);
+        This->search_paths[index] = malloc(MAX_PATH);
     else if (!wcsncmp(This->search_paths[index], path, MAX_PATH))
         return S_FALSE;
 
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicLoaderImpl_ClearCache(IDirectMusicLoader8 *ifa
             /* basically, wrap to ReleaseObject for each object found */
             IDirectMusicLoader8_ReleaseObject(iface, obj->pObject);
             list_remove(&obj->entry);
-            HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, obj);
+            free(obj);
         }
     }
 
@@ -910,11 +910,8 @@ HRESULT create_dmloader(REFIID lpcGUID, void **ppobj)
 	struct list *pEntry;
 
         TRACE("(%s, %p)\n", debugstr_dmguid(lpcGUID), ppobj);
-	obj = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(IDirectMusicLoaderImpl));
-	if (NULL == obj) {
-		*ppobj = NULL;
-		return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
-	}
+	*ppobj = NULL;
+	if (!(obj = calloc(1, sizeof(*obj)))) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 	obj->IDirectMusicLoader8_iface.lpVtbl = &DirectMusicLoader_Loader_Vtbl;
 	obj->ref = 0; /* Will be inited with QueryInterface */
         list_init(&obj->cache);
diff --git a/dlls/dmloader/loaderstream.c b/dlls/dmloader/loaderstream.c
index 889070be8f6..5d6c5ad3e25 100644
--- a/dlls/dmloader/loaderstream.c
+++ b/dlls/dmloader/loaderstream.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static ULONG WINAPI IDirectMusicLoaderFileStream_IStream_Release (LPSTREAM iface
 	if (dwRef == 0) {
 		if (This->hFile)
 			IDirectMusicLoaderFileStream_Detach (iface);
-		HeapFree (GetProcessHeap(), 0, This);
+		free(This);
 	}
 	
 	return dwRef;
@@ -290,11 +290,9 @@ HRESULT DMUSIC_CreateDirectMusicLoaderFileStream (void** ppobj) {
 	IDirectMusicLoaderFileStream *obj;
 
 	TRACE("(%p)\n", ppobj);
-	obj = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(IDirectMusicLoaderFileStream));
-	if (NULL == obj) {
-		*ppobj = NULL;
-		return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
-	}
+
+	*ppobj = NULL;
+	if (!(obj = calloc(1, sizeof(*obj)))) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 	obj->StreamVtbl = &DirectMusicLoaderFileStream_Stream_Vtbl;
 	obj->GetLoaderVtbl = &DirectMusicLoaderFileStream_GetLoader_Vtbl;
 	obj->dwRef = 0; /* will be inited with QueryInterface */
@@ -367,7 +365,7 @@ static ULONG WINAPI IDirectMusicLoaderResourceStream_IStream_Release (LPSTREAM i
 	TRACE("(%p): ReleaseRef to %ld\n", This, dwRef);
 	if (dwRef == 0) {
 		IDirectMusicLoaderResourceStream_Detach (iface);
-		HeapFree (GetProcessHeap(), 0, This);
+		free(This);
 	}
 	
 	return dwRef;
@@ -547,11 +545,9 @@ HRESULT DMUSIC_CreateDirectMusicLoaderResourceStream (void** ppobj) {
 	IDirectMusicLoaderResourceStream *obj;
 
 	TRACE("(%p)\n", ppobj);
-	obj = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(IDirectMusicLoaderResourceStream));
-	if (NULL == obj) {
-		*ppobj = NULL;
-		return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
-	}
+
+	*ppobj = NULL;
+	if (!(obj = calloc(1, sizeof(*obj)))) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 	obj->StreamVtbl = &DirectMusicLoaderResourceStream_Stream_Vtbl;
 	obj->GetLoaderVtbl = &DirectMusicLoaderResourceStream_GetLoader_Vtbl;
 	obj->dwRef = 0; /* will be inited with QueryInterface */
@@ -799,11 +795,9 @@ HRESULT DMUSIC_CreateDirectMusicLoaderGenericStream (void** ppobj) {
 	IDirectMusicLoaderGenericStream *obj;
 
 	TRACE("(%p)\n", ppobj);
-	obj = HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(IDirectMusicLoaderGenericStream));
-	if (NULL == obj) {
-		*ppobj = NULL;
-		return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
-	}
+
+	*ppobj = NULL;
+	if (!(obj = calloc(1, sizeof(*obj)))) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 	obj->StreamVtbl = &DirectMusicLoaderGenericStream_Stream_Vtbl;
 	obj->GetLoaderVtbl = &DirectMusicLoaderGenericStream_GetLoader_Vtbl;
 	obj->dwRef = 0; /* will be inited with QueryInterface */