diff --git a/runtime/vm/cpu_arm.cc b/runtime/vm/cpu_arm.cc
index 1100c26..73f2ec0 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/cpu_arm.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/cpu_arm.cc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
   initialized_ = false;
 #endif
   ASSERT(hardware_ != NULL);
-  delete[] hardware_;
+  free(const_cast<char*>(hardware_));
   hardware_ = NULL;
   CpuInfo::Cleanup();
 }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
   initialized_ = false;
 #endif
   ASSERT(hardware_ != NULL);
-  delete[] hardware_;
+  free(const_cast<char*>(hardware_));
   hardware_ = NULL;
   CpuInfo::Cleanup();
 }
diff --git a/runtime/vm/cpu_ia32.cc b/runtime/vm/cpu_ia32.cc
index 8158e3a..9601849 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/cpu_ia32.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/cpu_ia32.cc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   initialized_ = false;
 #endif
   ASSERT(hardware_ != NULL);
-  delete[] hardware_;
+  free(const_cast<char*>(hardware_));
   hardware_ = NULL;
   CpuInfo::Cleanup();
 }
diff --git a/runtime/vm/cpu_mips.cc b/runtime/vm/cpu_mips.cc
index 3d26cd6..6655f5b 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/cpu_mips.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/cpu_mips.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   initialized_ = false;
 #endif
   ASSERT(hardware_ != NULL);
-  delete[] hardware_;
+  free(const_cast<char*>(hardware_));
   hardware_ = NULL;
   CpuInfo::Cleanup();
 }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   initialized_ = false;
 #endif
   ASSERT(hardware_ != NULL);
-  delete[] hardware_;
+  free(const_cast<char*>(hardware_));
   hardware_ = NULL;
   CpuInfo::Cleanup();
 }
diff --git a/runtime/vm/cpu_x64.cc b/runtime/vm/cpu_x64.cc
index 31c4ec7..073ce84 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/cpu_x64.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/cpu_x64.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   initialized_ = false;
 #endif
   ASSERT(hardware_ != NULL);
-  delete[] hardware_;
+  free(const_cast<char*>(hardware_));
   hardware_ = NULL;
   CpuInfo::Cleanup();
 }
diff --git a/runtime/vm/cpuid.cc b/runtime/vm/cpuid.cc
index 45499b4..576687e 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/cpuid.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/cpuid.cc
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 
 
 void CpuId::InitOnce() {
-  uint32_t info[4] = {-1};
+  uint32_t info[4] = {static_cast<uint32_t>(-1)};
 
   GetCpuId(0, info);
-  char* id_string = new char[3 * sizeof(int32_t)];
+  char* id_string = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(3 * sizeof(int32_t)));
   // Yes, these are supposed to be out of order.
   *reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(id_string) = info[1];
   *reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(id_string + 4) = info[3];
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
   CpuId::sse41_ = (info[2] & (1 << 19)) != 0;
   CpuId::sse2_ = (info[3] & (1 << 26)) != 0;
 
-  char* brand_string = new char[3 * 4 * sizeof(uint32_t)];
+  char* brand_string =
+      reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(3 * 4 * sizeof(uint32_t)));
   for (uint32_t i = 0x80000002; i <= 0x80000004; i++) {
     uint32_t off = (i - 0x80000002U) * 4 * sizeof(uint32_t);
     GetCpuId(i, info);
@@ -65,11 +66,11 @@
 
 void CpuId::Cleanup() {
   ASSERT(id_string_ != NULL);
-  delete[] id_string_;
+  free(const_cast<char*>(id_string_));
   id_string_ = NULL;
 
   ASSERT(brand_string_ != NULL);
-  delete[] brand_string_;
+  free(const_cast<char*>(brand_string_));
   brand_string_ = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/vm/proccpuinfo.cc b/runtime/vm/proccpuinfo.cc
index 17dc170..94e8db6 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/proccpuinfo.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/proccpuinfo.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   }
 
   // Read the contents of the cpuinfo file.
-  data_ = new char[datalen_ + 1];
+  data_ = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(datalen_ + 1));
   fp = fopen(PATHNAME, "r");
   if (fp != NULL) {
     for (intptr_t offset = 0; offset < datalen_; ) {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 void ProcCpuInfo::Cleanup() {
   ASSERT(data_);
-  delete[] data_;
+  free(data_);
   data_ = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 // Extract the content of a the first occurrence of a given field in
 // the content of the cpuinfo file and return it as a heap-allocated
-// string that must be freed by the caller using delete[].
+// string that must be freed by the caller using free.
 // Return NULL if not found.
 const char* ProcCpuInfo::ExtractField(const char* field) {
   ASSERT(field != NULL);
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
   }
 
   intptr_t len = q - p;
-  char* result = new char[len + 1];  // plus one for null-terminator.
+  char* result = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(len + 1));
   // Copy the line into result, leaving enough room for a null-terminator.
   char saved_end = *q;
   *q = '\0';
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 059f58b..2f6cf60 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 MINOR 3
 PATCH 0
 PRERELEASE 0
-PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
+PRERELEASE_PATCH 1