diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index dcda7a50047d2d4fdf09a88991fc786be6ce3629..ddc6e7c0626a4ea042b2952fd4e75ed0fab38c40 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ Version 1.6.0beta14 [February 27, 2012]
   Updated Makefile.in
 
 Version 1.6.0beta15 [February 27, 2012]
+  Removed unused "current_text" members of png_struct and the png_free()
+    of png_ptr->current_text from pngread.c
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8563af9d2002d1ff25331b8fa91e94e742b05877..01140b0844e04995952c0a7d2a5592cc81df8605 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3987,6 +3987,8 @@ Version 1.6.0beta14 [February 27, 2012]
   Updated Makefile.in
 
 Version 1.6.0beta15 [February 27, 2012]
+  Removed unused "current_text" members of png_struct and the png_free()
+    of png_ptr->current_text from pngread.c
 
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diff --git a/pngread.c b/pngread.c
index 6db31efd1aeb01c178988180344e85823a8c4b9d..732db506fd9832029ea54f2c7618aab80d371a19 100644
--- a/pngread.c
+++ b/pngread.c
@@ -911,12 +911,6 @@ png_read_destroy(png_structrp png_ptr)
    png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->save_buffer);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef PNG_PROGRESSIVE_READ_SUPPORTED
-#ifdef PNG_TEXT_SUPPORTED
-   png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->current_text);
-#endif /* PNG_TEXT_SUPPORTED */
-#endif /* PNG_PROGRESSIVE_READ_SUPPORTED */
-
 #ifdef PNG_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
    png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->unknown_chunk.data);
 #endif