diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 3fd4b10845..f1f934b6fd 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int ignore_untracked_cache_config;
 /* This is set by setup_git_dir_gently() and/or git_default_config() */
 char *git_work_tree_cfg;
 
-static const char *namespace;
+static char *namespace;
 
 static const char *super_prefix;
 
@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ void setup_git_env(void)
 	if (getenv(NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS_ENVIRONMENT))
 		check_replace_refs = 0;
 	replace_ref_base = getenv(GIT_REPLACE_REF_BASE_ENVIRONMENT);
+	free(git_replace_ref_base);
 	git_replace_ref_base = xstrdup(replace_ref_base ? replace_ref_base
 							  : "refs/replace/");
+	free(namespace);
 	namespace = expand_namespace(getenv(GIT_NAMESPACE_ENVIRONMENT));
 	shallow_file = getenv(GIT_SHALLOW_FILE_ENVIRONMENT);
 	if (shallow_file)
diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
index f107af7d76..52f1821c6b 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c
@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ static void repo_setup_env(struct repository *repo)
 
 	repo->different_commondir = find_common_dir(&sb, repo->gitdir,
 						    !repo->ignore_env);
+	free(repo->commondir);
 	repo->commondir = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+	free(repo->objectdir);
 	repo->objectdir = git_path_from_env(DB_ENVIRONMENT, repo->commondir,
 					    "objects", !repo->ignore_env);
+	free(repo->graft_file);
 	repo->graft_file = git_path_from_env(GRAFT_ENVIRONMENT, repo->commondir,
 					     "info/grafts", !repo->ignore_env);
+	free(repo->index_file);
 	repo->index_file = git_path_from_env(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT, repo->gitdir,
 					     "index", !repo->ignore_env);
 }