diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
index 9b8f251..45f501d 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@ public class BinaryModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter implements InstructionOpcod
                 //stream.writeVaruint32( pages ); // maximum length
             }
             wasm.writeSection( SectionType.Memory, stream );
-
-            // export the memory with the name "memory"
-            exports.add( new ExportEntry( "memory", ExternalKind.Memory, 0 ) );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
index d58a984..54aa3c1 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class TextModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter {
             int pages = (dataSize + 0xFFFF) / 0x10000;
             newline( textOutput );
             String pagesStr = Integer.toString( pages );
-            textOutput.append( "(memory (export \"memory\") " ).append( pagesStr ).append( ' ' ).append( pagesStr ).append( ')' );
+            textOutput.append( "(memory " ).append( pagesStr ).append( ')' );
             newline( textOutput );
             textOutput.append( "(data (i32.const 0) \"" );
             byte[] data = dataStream.toByteArray();