diff --git a/Lib/java/arrays_java.i b/Lib/java/arrays_java.i
index 4b780aef9..402f088d5 100644
--- a/Lib/java/arrays_java.i
+++ b/Lib/java/arrays_java.i
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int SWIG_JavaArrayIn##JFUNCNAME (JNIEnv *jenv, JNITYPE **jarr, CTYPE **ca
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 %{  *carr = new CTYPE[sz]; %}
 #else
-%{  *carr = (CTYPE*) calloc(sz, sizeof(CTYPE)); %}
+%{  *carr = (CTYPE*) malloc(sz * sizeof(CTYPE)); %}
 #endif
 %{  if (!*carr) {
     SWIG_JavaThrowException(jenv, SWIG_JavaOutOfMemoryError, "array memory allocation failed");
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ JAVA_ARRAYS_TYPEMAPS(double, double, jdouble, Double, "[D")     /* double[ANY] *
 #ifdef __cplusplus
   $1 = new $*1_ltype[sz];
 #else
-  $1 = ($1_ltype) calloc(sz, sizeof($*1_ltype));
+  $1 = ($1_ltype) malloc(sz * sizeof($*1_ltype));
 #endif
   if (!$1) {
     SWIG_JavaThrowException(jenv, SWIG_JavaOutOfMemoryError, "array memory allocation failed");
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ JAVA_ARRAYS_TYPEMAPS(double, double, jdouble, Double, "[D")     /* double[ANY] *
 #ifdef __cplusplus
   $1 = new $*1_ltype[sz];
 #else
-  $1 = ($1_ltype) calloc(sz, sizeof($*1_ltype));
+  $1 = ($1_ltype) malloc(sz * sizeof($*1_ltype));
 #endif
   if (!$1) {
     SWIG_JavaThrowException(jenv, SWIG_JavaOutOfMemoryError, "array memory allocation failed");
diff --git a/Lib/java/various.i b/Lib/java/various.i
index e8042b763..76fb2b129 100644
--- a/Lib/java/various.i
+++ b/Lib/java/various.i
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
     $1 = new char*[size+1];
 #else
-    $1 = (char **)calloc(size+1, sizeof(char *));
+    $1 = (char **)malloc((size+1) * sizeof(char *));
 #endif
     for (i = 0; i<size; i++) {
       jstring j_string = (jstring)JCALL2(GetObjectArrayElement, jenv, $input, i);
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
       $1[i] = new char [strlen(c_string)+1];
 #else
-      $1[i] = (char *)calloc(strlen(c_string)+1, sizeof(const char *));
+      $1[i] = (char *)malloc((strlen(c_string)+1) * sizeof(const char *));
 #endif
       strcpy($1[i], c_string);
       JCALL2(ReleaseStringUTFChars, jenv, j_string, c_string);