diff --git a/src/cmem.c b/src/cmem.c
index 71b8514..491fc96 100644
--- a/src/cmem.c
+++ b/src/cmem.c
@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@ COSMO_API void cosmoM_collectGarbage(CState *state)
     printf("-- GC start\n");
     size_t start = state->allocatedBytes;
 #endif
-    cosmoM_freezeGC(state); // we don't want a recursive garbage collection event!
-
     markRoots(state);
 
     tableRemoveWhite(
@@ -314,9 +312,6 @@ COSMO_API void cosmoM_collectGarbage(CState *state)
 
     // set our next GC event
     cosmoM_updateThreshhold(state);
-
-    state->freezeGC--; // we don't want to use cosmoM_unfreezeGC because that might trigger a GC
-                       // event (if GC_STRESS is defined)
 #ifdef GC_DEBUG
     printf("-- GC end, reclaimed %ld bytes (started at %ld, ended at %ld), next garbage collection "
            "scheduled at %ld bytes\n",
diff --git a/src/cobj.c b/src/cobj.c
index 81bead8..8bfb72d 100644
--- a/src/cobj.c
+++ b/src/cobj.c
@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ CObjString *cosmoO_allocateString(CState *state, const char *str, size_t sz, uin
     strObj->length = sz;
     strObj->hash = hash;
 
-    // we push & pop the string so our GC can find it (we don't use freezeGC/unfreezeGC because we
-    // *want* a GC event to happen)
+    // push/pop to make sure GC doesn't collect it
     cosmoV_pushRef(state, (CObj *)strObj);
     cosmoT_insert(state, &state->strings, cosmoV_newRef((CObj *)strObj));
     cosmoV_pop(state);