diff --git a/src/MeshTools/Interleave.h b/src/MeshTools/Interleave.h
index 27203196c..6d3034ad6 100644
--- a/src/MeshTools/Interleave.h
+++ b/src/MeshTools/Interleave.h
@@ -42,31 +42,31 @@ namespace Implementation {
 
 class Interleave {
     public:
-        Interleave(): _attributeCount(0), _stride(0), _data(nullptr) {}
+        Interleave(): _attributeCount(0), _stride(0) {}
 
-        template<class ...T> std::tuple<std::size_t, std::size_t, char*> operator()(const T&... attributes) {
+        template<class ...T> std::tuple<std::size_t, std::size_t, Containers::Array<char>> operator()(const T&... attributes) {
             /* Compute buffer size and stride */
             _attributeCount = attributeCount(attributes...);
+            Containers::Array<char> data;
             if(_attributeCount && _attributeCount != ~std::size_t(0)) {
                 _stride = stride(attributes...);
 
                 /* Create output buffer */
-                _data = new char[_attributeCount*_stride];
+                data = Containers::Array<char>(_attributeCount*_stride);
 
                 /* Save the data */
-                write(_data, attributes...);
+                write(data.begin(), attributes...);
             }
 
-            return std::make_tuple(_attributeCount, _stride, _data);
+            return std::make_tuple(_attributeCount, _stride, std::move(data));
         }
 
         template<class ...T> void operator()(Mesh& mesh, Buffer& buffer, Buffer::Usage usage, const T&... attributes) {
-            operator()(attributes...);
+            Containers::Array<char> data;
+            std::tie(std::ignore, std::ignore, data) = operator()(attributes...);
 
             mesh.setVertexCount(_attributeCount);
-            buffer.setData({_data, _attributeCount*_stride}, usage);
-
-            delete[] _data;
+            buffer.setData({data, _attributeCount*_stride}, usage);
         }
 
         /* Specialization for only one attribute array */
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ class Interleave {
 
         std::size_t _attributeCount;
         std::size_t _stride;
-        char* _data;
 };
 
 }
@@ -146,11 +145,9 @@ std::vector<Vector4> positions;
 std::vector<Vector2> textureCoordinates;
 std::size_t attributeCount;
 std::size_t stride;
-char* data;
+Containers::Array<char> data;
 std::tie(attributeCount, stride, data) = MeshTools::interleave(positions, textureCoordinates);
-std::size_t dataSize = attributeCount*stride;
 // ...
-delete[] data;
 @endcode
 
 It's often desirable to align data for one vertex on 32bit boundaries. To
@@ -161,7 +158,7 @@ std::vector<GLushort> weights;
 std::vector<BasicColor3<GLubyte>> vertexColors;
 std::size_t attributeCount;
 std::size_t stride;
-char* data;
+Containers::Array<char> data;
 std::tie(attributeCount, stride, data) = MeshTools::interleave(positions, weights, 2, textureCoordinates, 1);
 @endcode
 This way vertex stride is 24 bytes, without gaps it would be 21 bytes, causing
@@ -178,7 +175,7 @@ See also interleave(Mesh*, Buffer*, Buffer::Usage, const T&...),
 which writes the interleaved array directly into buffer of given mesh.
 */
 /* enable_if to avoid clash with overloaded function below */
-template<class T, class ...U> inline typename std::enable_if<!std::is_same<T, Mesh>::value, std::tuple<std::size_t, std::size_t, char*>>::type interleave(const T& first, const U&... next) {
+template<class T, class ...U> inline typename std::enable_if<!std::is_same<T, Mesh>::value, std::tuple<std::size_t, std::size_t, Containers::Array<char>>>::type interleave(const T& first, const U&... next) {
     return Implementation::Interleave()(first, next...);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/MeshTools/Test/InterleaveTest.cpp b/src/MeshTools/Test/InterleaveTest.cpp
index beb57aa35..036fe2e8e 100644
--- a/src/MeshTools/Test/InterleaveTest.cpp
+++ b/src/MeshTools/Test/InterleaveTest.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void InterleaveTest::strideGaps() {
 void InterleaveTest::write() {
     std::size_t attributeCount;
     std::size_t stride;
-    char* data;
+    Containers::Array<char> data;
     std::tie(attributeCount, stride, data) = MeshTools::interleave(
         std::vector<Byte>{0, 1, 2},
         std::vector<Int>{3, 4, 5},
@@ -92,28 +92,25 @@ void InterleaveTest::write() {
 
     CORRADE_COMPARE(attributeCount, std::size_t(3));
     CORRADE_COMPARE(stride, std::size_t(7));
-    std::size_t size = attributeCount*stride;
     if(!Utility::Endianness::isBigEndian()) {
-        CORRADE_COMPARE(std::vector<char>(data, data+size), (std::vector<char>{
+        CORRADE_COMPARE(std::vector<char>(data.begin(), data.end()), (std::vector<char>{
             0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00,
             0x01, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00,
             0x02, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00
         }));
     } else {
-        CORRADE_COMPARE(std::vector<char>(data, data+size), (std::vector<char>{
+        CORRADE_COMPARE(std::vector<char>(data.begin(), data.end()), (std::vector<char>{
             0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x06,
             0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x07,
             0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x08
         }));
     }
-
-    delete[] data;
 }
 
 void InterleaveTest::writeGaps() {
     std::size_t attributeCount;
     std::size_t stride;
-    char* data;
+    Containers::Array<char> data;
     std::tie(attributeCount, stride, data) = MeshTools::interleave(
         std::vector<Byte>{0, 1, 2}, 3,
         std::vector<Int>{3, 4, 5},
@@ -121,25 +118,22 @@ void InterleaveTest::writeGaps() {
 
     CORRADE_COMPARE(attributeCount, std::size_t(3));
     CORRADE_COMPARE(stride, std::size_t(12));
-    std::size_t size = attributeCount*stride;
 
     if(!Utility::Endianness::isBigEndian()) {
         /*  byte, _____________gap, int___________________, short_____, _______gap */
-        CORRADE_COMPARE(std::vector<char>(data, data+size), (std::vector<char>{
+        CORRADE_COMPARE(std::vector<char>(data.begin(), data.end()), (std::vector<char>{
             0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
             0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
             0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
         }));
     } else {
         /*  byte, _____________gap, ___________________int, _____short, _______gap */
-        CORRADE_COMPARE(std::vector<char>(data, data+size), (std::vector<char>{
+        CORRADE_COMPARE(std::vector<char>(data.begin(), data.end()), (std::vector<char>{
             0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00,
             0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00,
             0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00
         }));
     }
-
-    delete[] data;
 }
 
 }}}