diff --git a/entities.c b/entities.c
index 7876f708..063a02fa 100644
--- a/entities.c
+++ b/entities.c
@@ -129,36 +129,19 @@ xmlFreeEntity(xmlEntityPtr entity)
     if ((entity->children) && (entity->owner == 1) &&
         (entity == (xmlEntityPtr) entity->children->parent))
         xmlFreeNodeList(entity->children);
-    if (dict != NULL) {
-        if ((entity->name != NULL) && (!xmlDictOwns(dict, entity->name)))
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->name);
-        if ((entity->ExternalID != NULL) &&
-	    (!xmlDictOwns(dict, entity->ExternalID)))
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->ExternalID);
-        if ((entity->SystemID != NULL) &&
-	    (!xmlDictOwns(dict, entity->SystemID)))
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->SystemID);
-        if ((entity->URI != NULL) && (!xmlDictOwns(dict, entity->URI)))
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->URI);
-        if ((entity->content != NULL)
-            && (!xmlDictOwns(dict, entity->content)))
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->content);
-        if ((entity->orig != NULL) && (!xmlDictOwns(dict, entity->orig)))
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->orig);
-    } else {
-        if (entity->name != NULL)
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->name);
-        if (entity->ExternalID != NULL)
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->ExternalID);
-        if (entity->SystemID != NULL)
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->SystemID);
-        if (entity->URI != NULL)
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->URI);
-        if (entity->content != NULL)
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->content);
-        if (entity->orig != NULL)
-            xmlFree((char *) entity->orig);
-    }
+    if ((entity->name != NULL) &&
+        ((dict == NULL) || (!xmlDictOwns(dict, entity->name))))
+        xmlFree((char *) entity->name);
+    if (entity->ExternalID != NULL)
+        xmlFree((char *) entity->ExternalID);
+    if (entity->SystemID != NULL)
+        xmlFree((char *) entity->SystemID);
+    if (entity->URI != NULL)
+        xmlFree((char *) entity->URI);
+    if (entity->content != NULL)
+        xmlFree((char *) entity->content);
+    if (entity->orig != NULL)
+        xmlFree((char *) entity->orig);
     xmlFree(entity);
 }
 
@@ -194,18 +177,12 @@ xmlCreateEntity(xmlDictPtr dict, const xmlChar *name, int type,
 	    ret->SystemID = xmlStrdup(SystemID);
     } else {
         ret->name = xmlDictLookup(dict, name, -1);
-	if (ExternalID != NULL)
-	    ret->ExternalID = xmlDictLookup(dict, ExternalID, -1);
-	if (SystemID != NULL)
-	    ret->SystemID = xmlDictLookup(dict, SystemID, -1);
+	ret->ExternalID = xmlStrdup(ExternalID);
+	ret->SystemID = xmlStrdup(SystemID);
     }
     if (content != NULL) {
         ret->length = xmlStrlen(content);
-	if ((dict != NULL) && (ret->length < 5))
-	    ret->content = (xmlChar *)
-	                   xmlDictLookup(dict, content, ret->length);
-	else
-	    ret->content = xmlStrndup(content, ret->length);
+	ret->content = xmlStrndup(content, ret->length);
      } else {
         ret->length = 0;
         ret->content = NULL;