diff --git a/src/boot/efi/measure.c b/src/boot/efi/measure.c
index 28ec6b7d82..01c97c883c 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/measure.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi/measure.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static EFI_STATUS tpm1_measure_to_pcr_and_event_log(
         assert(description);
 
         desc_len = strsize16(description);
-        tcg_event = xmalloc0(offsetof(TCG_PCR_EVENT, Event) + desc_len);
+        tcg_event = xmalloc(offsetof(TCG_PCR_EVENT, Event) + desc_len);
         *tcg_event = (TCG_PCR_EVENT) {
                 .EventSize = desc_len,
                 .PCRIndex = pcrindex,
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ static EFI_STATUS tpm2_measure_to_pcr_and_tagged_event_log(
         desc_len = strsize16(description);
         event_size = offsetof(EFI_TCG2_EVENT, Event) + offsetof(EFI_TCG2_TAGGED_EVENT, Event) + desc_len;
 
-        event = xmalloc0(event_size);
-
+        event = xmalloc(event_size);
         *event = (struct event) {
                 .tcg_event = (EFI_TCG2_EVENT) {
                         .Size = event_size,
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ static EFI_STATUS tpm2_measure_to_pcr_and_event_log(
          * here. */
 
         desc_len = strsize16(description);
-        tcg_event = xmalloc0(offsetof(EFI_TCG2_EVENT, Event) + desc_len);
+        tcg_event = xmalloc(offsetof(EFI_TCG2_EVENT, Event) + desc_len);
         *tcg_event = (EFI_TCG2_EVENT) {
                 .Size = offsetof(EFI_TCG2_EVENT, Event) + desc_len,
                 .Header.HeaderSize = sizeof(EFI_TCG2_EVENT_HEADER),
diff --git a/src/boot/efi/util.h b/src/boot/efi/util.h
index 17215bb81a..aef831d132 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/util.h
+++ b/src/boot/efi/util.h
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ static inline void *xmalloc(size_t size) {
         return p;
 }
 
-#define xmalloc0(size)                                  \
-        ({                                              \
-                size_t _size_ = (size);                 \
-                memzero(xmalloc(_size_), _size_);       \
-        })
-
 _malloc_ _alloc_(1, 2) _returns_nonnull_ _warn_unused_result_
 static inline void *xmalloc_multiply(size_t size, size_t n) {
         assert_se(!__builtin_mul_overflow(size, n, &size));