diff --git a/src/hnsw.h b/src/hnsw.h
index fed281e..6f96cc3 100644
--- a/src/hnsw.h
+++ b/src/hnsw.h
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ typedef struct HnswBuildState
 	HnswGraph  *graph;
 	double		ml;
 	int			maxLevel;
-	Vector	   *normvec;
 
 	/* Memory */
 	MemoryContext graphCtx;
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ typedef struct HnswVacuumState
 int			HnswGetM(Relation index);
 int			HnswGetEfConstruction(Relation index);
 FmgrInfo   *HnswOptionalProcInfo(Relation index, uint16 procnum);
-bool		HnswNormValue(FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, Datum *value, Vector * result);
+bool		HnswNormValue(FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, Datum *value);
 Buffer		HnswNewBuffer(Relation index, ForkNumber forkNum);
 void		HnswInitPage(Buffer buf, Page page);
 void		HnswInit(void);
diff --git a/src/hnswbuild.c b/src/hnswbuild.c
index a9c737c..036b5de 100644
--- a/src/hnswbuild.c
+++ b/src/hnswbuild.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ InsertTuple(Relation index, Datum *values, bool *isnull, ItemPointer heaptid, Hn
 	/* Normalize if needed */
 	if (buildstate->normprocinfo != NULL)
 	{
-		if (!HnswNormValue(buildstate->normprocinfo, buildstate->collation, &value, buildstate->normvec))
+		if (!HnswNormValue(buildstate->normprocinfo, buildstate->collation, &value))
 			return false;
 	}
 
@@ -703,9 +703,6 @@ InitBuildState(HnswBuildState * buildstate, Relation heap, Relation index, Index
 	buildstate->ml = HnswGetMl(buildstate->m);
 	buildstate->maxLevel = HnswGetMaxLevel(buildstate->m);
 
-	/* Reuse for each tuple */
-	buildstate->normvec = InitVector(buildstate->dimensions);
-
 	buildstate->graphCtx = GenerationContextCreate(CurrentMemoryContext,
 												   "Hnsw build graph context",
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 150000
@@ -729,7 +726,6 @@ InitBuildState(HnswBuildState * buildstate, Relation heap, Relation index, Index
 static void
 FreeBuildState(HnswBuildState * buildstate)
 {
-	pfree(buildstate->normvec);
 	MemoryContextDelete(buildstate->graphCtx);
 	MemoryContextDelete(buildstate->tmpCtx);
 }
diff --git a/src/hnswinsert.c b/src/hnswinsert.c
index c3c2885..cf67518 100644
--- a/src/hnswinsert.c
+++ b/src/hnswinsert.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ HnswInsertTuple(Relation index, Datum *values, bool *isnull, ItemPointer heap_ti
 	normprocinfo = HnswOptionalProcInfo(index, HNSW_NORM_PROC);
 	if (normprocinfo != NULL)
 	{
-		if (!HnswNormValue(normprocinfo, collation, &value, NULL))
+		if (!HnswNormValue(normprocinfo, collation, &value))
 			return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/hnswscan.c b/src/hnswscan.c
index eaf0519..63e960b 100644
--- a/src/hnswscan.c
+++ b/src/hnswscan.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ GetScanValue(IndexScanDesc scan)
 
 		/* Fine if normalization fails */
 		if (so->normprocinfo != NULL)
-			HnswNormValue(so->normprocinfo, so->collation, &value, NULL);
+			HnswNormValue(so->normprocinfo, so->collation, &value);
 	}
 
 	return value;
diff --git a/src/hnswutils.c b/src/hnswutils.c
index 983fd11..5ecfda0 100644
--- a/src/hnswutils.c
+++ b/src/hnswutils.c
@@ -158,16 +158,14 @@ HnswOptionalProcInfo(Relation index, uint16 procnum)
  * if it's different than the original value
  */
 bool
-HnswNormValue(FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, Datum *value, Vector * result)
+HnswNormValue(FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, Datum *value)
 {
 	double		norm = DatumGetFloat8(FunctionCall1Coll(procinfo, collation, *value));
 
 	if (norm > 0)
 	{
 		Vector	   *v = DatumGetVector(*value);
-
-		if (result == NULL)
-			result = InitVector(v->dim);
+		Vector	   *result = InitVector(v->dim);
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < v->dim; i++)
 			result->x[i] = v->x[i] / norm;