diff --git a/t/t5602-clone-remote-exec.sh b/t/t5602-clone-remote-exec.sh
index cbcceab9d5..56329aa160 100755
--- a/t/t5602-clone-remote-exec.sh
+++ b/t/t5602-clone-remote-exec.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description=clone
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success setup '
diff --git a/t/t5603-clone-dirname.sh b/t/t5603-clone-dirname.sh
index 13b5e5eb9b..8ca1f09423 100755
--- a/t/t5603-clone-dirname.sh
+++ b/t/t5603-clone-dirname.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 test_description='check output directory names used by git-clone'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 # we use a fake ssh wrapper that ignores the arguments