diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index 80e006394..f3ef8b205 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -3711,7 +3711,6 @@ void clear_title_bar_background_views(NSWindow *window) {
     if (!window->ns.titlebar_hidden && window->decorated && tc.was_set && window->ns.last_applied_titlebar_settings.transparent) {
         NSColor *titlebar_color = [NSColor colorWithSRGBRed:tc.red green:tc.green blue:tc.blue alpha:tc.alpha];
         set_title_bar_background(nsw, titlebar_color);
-        [titlebar_color release];
     } else clear_title_bar_background_views(nsw);
 #undef tc
 }
@@ -4239,4 +4238,3 @@ - (void)filePromiseProvider:(NSFilePromiseProvider*)filePromiseProvider
     }
     return 0;
 }
-