diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.cc
index 5a10f87b183..a77e8efcd13 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.cc
@@ -233,9 +233,20 @@ static void mesh_free_data(ID *id)
 {
   Mesh *mesh = reinterpret_cast<Mesh *>(id);
 
-  BKE_mesh_clear_geometry_and_metadata(mesh);
+  CustomData_free(&mesh->vert_data);
+  CustomData_free(&mesh->edge_data);
+  CustomData_free(&mesh->fdata_legacy);
+  CustomData_free(&mesh->corner_data);
+  CustomData_free(&mesh->face_data);
+  BLI_freelistN(&mesh->vertex_group_names);
+  MEM_SAFE_FREE(mesh->active_color_attribute);
+  MEM_SAFE_FREE(mesh->default_color_attribute);
+  if (mesh->face_offset_indices) {
+    blender::implicit_sharing::free_shared_data(&mesh->face_offset_indices,
+                                                &mesh->runtime->face_offsets_sharing_info);
+  }
+  MEM_SAFE_FREE(mesh->mselect);
   MEM_SAFE_FREE(mesh->mat);
-
   delete mesh->runtime;
 }