diff --git a/src/xrCore/xrstring.cpp b/src/xrCore/xrstring.cpp
index 76c2ba93237..27adbc648da 100644
--- a/src/xrCore/xrstring.cpp
+++ b/src/xrCore/xrstring.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "FS_impl.h"
 
 XRCORE_API extern str_container* g_pStringContainer = NULL;
-#define HEADER 16 // ref + len + crc + next
 
 #if 1
 
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ str_value* str_container::dock(str_c value)
     // calc len
     u32 s_len = xr_strlen(value);
     u32 s_len_with_zero = (u32)s_len + 1;
-    VERIFY(HEADER + s_len_with_zero < 4096);
+    VERIFY(sizeof(str_value) + s_len_with_zero < 4096);
 
     // setup find structure
     char header[sizeof(str_value)];
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ str_value* str_container::dock(str_c value)
        )
     {
 
-        result = (str_value*)Memory.mem_alloc(HEADER + s_len_with_zero
+        result = (str_value*)Memory.mem_alloc(sizeof(str_value) + s_len_with_zero
 #ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY_NAME
                                               , "storage: sstring"
 #endif // DEBUG_MEMORY_NAME
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ str_value* str_container::dock(str_c value)
     // calc len
     u32 s_len = xr_strlen(value);
     u32 s_len_with_zero = (u32)s_len + 1;
-    VERIFY(HEADER + s_len_with_zero < 4096);
+    VERIFY(sizeof(str_value) + s_len_with_zero < 4096);
 
     // setup find structure
     char header[sizeof(str_value)];
@@ -328,7 +327,7 @@ str_value* str_container::dock(str_c value)
         // Insert string
         // DUMP_PHASE;
 
-        result = (str_value*)Memory.mem_alloc(HEADER + s_len_with_zero
+        result = (str_value*)Memory.mem_alloc(sizeof(str_value) + s_len_with_zero
 #ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY_NAME
                                               , "storage: sstring"
 #endif // DEBUG_MEMORY_NAME
@@ -423,7 +422,7 @@ u32 str_container::stat_economy()
     const int node_size = 20;
     for (; it != end; it++)
     {
-        counter -= HEADER;
+        counter -= sizeof(str_value);
         counter -= node_size;
         counter += int((int((*it)->dwReference) - 1)*int((*it)->dwLength + 1));
     }