diff --git a/t/helper/test-read-cache.c b/t/helper/test-read-cache.c
index d285c656bd..e277dde8e7 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-read-cache.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-read-cache.c
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ int cmd__read_cache(int argc, const char **argv)
 	int i, cnt = 1;
 	const char *name = NULL;
 
-	initialize_repository(the_repository);
-
 	if (argc > 1 && skip_prefix(argv[1], "--print-and-refresh=", &name)) {
 		argc--;
 		argv++;
diff --git a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
index 7ee69ecdd4..0f88a58a81 100755
--- a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
+++ b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='git status with file system watcher'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 # Note, after "git reset --hard HEAD" no extensions exist other than 'TREE'