diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/FifoFiles.cpp b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/FifoFiles.cpp
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/FifoFiles.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/FifoFiles.cpp
@@ -53,37 +53,34 @@
   // We use a pointer for this future, because otherwise its normal destructor
   // would wait for the getline to end, rendering the timeout useless.
   Optional<std::string> line;
-  std::future<void> *future =
-      new std::future<void>(std::async(std::launch::async, [&]() {
-        std::ifstream reader(m_fifo_file, std::ifstream::in);
-        std::string buffer;
-        std::getline(reader, buffer);
-        if (!buffer.empty())
-          line = buffer;
-      }));
-  if (future->wait_for(timeout) == std::future_status::timeout || !line)
+  std::future<void> future = std::async(std::launch::async, [&]() {
+    std::ifstream reader(m_fifo_file, std::ifstream::in);
+    std::string buffer;
+    std::getline(reader, buffer);
+    if (!buffer.empty())
+      line = buffer;
+  });
+  if (future.wait_for(timeout) == std::future_status::timeout || !line)
     return createStringError(inconvertibleErrorCode(),
                              "Timed out trying to get messages from the " +
                                  m_other_endpoint_name);
-  delete future;
+
   return json::parse(*line);
 }
 
 Error FifoFileIO::SendJSON(const json::Value &json,
                            std::chrono::milliseconds timeout) {
   bool done = false;
-  std::future<void> *future =
-      new std::future<void>(std::async(std::launch::async, [&]() {
-        std::ofstream writer(m_fifo_file, std::ofstream::out);
-        writer << JSONToString(json) << std::endl;
-        done = true;
-      }));
-  if (future->wait_for(timeout) == std::future_status::timeout || !done) {
+  std::future<void> future = std::async(std::launch::async, [&]() {
+    std::ofstream writer(m_fifo_file, std::ofstream::out);
+    writer << JSONToString(json) << std::endl;
+    done = true;
+  });
+  if (future.wait_for(timeout) == std::future_status::timeout || !done) {
     return createStringError(inconvertibleErrorCode(),
                              "Timed out trying to send messages to the " +
                                  m_other_endpoint_name);
   }
-  delete future;
   return Error::success();
 }