diff --git a/src/modules/privacy/privacy_item.cpp b/src/modules/privacy/privacy_item.cpp
index 36efd3e5..536c9180 100644
--- a/src/modules/privacy/privacy_item.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/privacy/privacy_item.cpp
@@ -100,12 +100,15 @@ void PrivacyItem::update_tooltip() {
   // Removes all old nodes
   for (auto *child : tooltip_window.get_children()) {
     tooltip_window.remove(*child);
+    // despite the remove, still needs a delete to prevent memory leak. Speculating that this might
+    // work differently in GTK4.
+    delete child;
   }
   for (auto *node : *nodes) {
-    Gtk::Box *box = new Gtk::Box(Gtk::ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 4);
+    auto *box = Gtk::make_managed<Gtk::Box>(Gtk::ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 4);
 
     // Set device icon
-    Gtk::Image *node_icon = Gtk::make_managed<Gtk::Image>();
+    auto *node_icon = Gtk::make_managed<Gtk::Image>();
     node_icon->set_pixel_size(tooltipIconSize);
     node_icon->set_from_icon_name(node->getIconName(), Gtk::ICON_SIZE_INVALID);
     box->add(*node_icon);