diff --git a/src/bgen/Generator.cs b/src/bgen/Generator.cs
index 12fa6522d5d..0dce8e76805 100644
--- a/src/bgen/Generator.cs
+++ b/src/bgen/Generator.cs
@@ -2944,12 +2944,8 @@ void GetReturnsWrappers (MethodInfo mi, MemberInformation minfo, Type declaringT
 					throw new BindingException (1071, true, minfo.mi.DeclaringType.FullName, minfo.mi.Name);
 				}
 				var bindAsT = bindAttrType.GetElementType ();
-				var suffix = string.Empty;
-				print ("{0} retvalarrtmp;", NativeHandleType);
-				cast_a = "((retvalarrtmp = ";
-				cast_b = ") == IntPtr.Zero ? null! : (";
-				cast_b += $"NSArray.ArrayFromHandleFunc <{TypeManager.FormatType (bindAsT.DeclaringType, bindAsT)}> (retvalarrtmp, {GetFromBindAsWrapper (minfo, out suffix)}, {owns})" + suffix;
-				cast_b += $"))";
+				cast_a = $"NSArray.ArrayFromHandleFunc <{TypeManager.FormatType (bindAsT.DeclaringType, bindAsT)}> (";
+				cast_b = $", {GetFromBindAsWrapper (minfo, out suffix)}, {owns})!";
 			} else if (etype == TypeCache.System_String) {
 				cast_a = "CFArray.StringArrayFromHandle (";
 				cast_b = $", {owns})!";