diff --git a/src/core-utils/gnc-gtk-utils.c b/src/core-utils/gnc-gtk-utils.c
index 52a58fb3c9..964b67c550 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/gnc-gtk-utils.c
+++ b/src/core-utils/gnc-gtk-utils.c
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ gnc_cbe_set_by_string(GtkComboBoxEntry *cbe,
 {
   GtkTreeModel *model;
   GtkTreeIter iter;
-  const gchar *tree_string;
+  gchar *tree_string;
   gint column, index, id;
+  gboolean match;
 
   model = gtk_combo_box_get_model(GTK_COMBO_BOX(cbe));
   if (!gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first(model, &iter)) {
@@ -56,7 +57,9 @@ gnc_cbe_set_by_string(GtkComboBoxEntry *cbe,
   column = gtk_combo_box_entry_get_text_column(cbe);
   do {
     gtk_tree_model_get(model, &iter, column, &tree_string, -1);
-    if (g_utf8_collate(text, tree_string) != 0)
+    match = g_utf8_collate(text, tree_string) == 0;
+    g_free(tree_string);
+    if (!match)
       continue;
 
     /* Found a matching string */
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ gnc_cbe_match_selected_cb (GtkEntryCompletion *completion,
   column = gtk_combo_box_entry_get_text_column(cbe);
   gtk_tree_model_get(comp_model, comp_iter, column, &text, -1);
   gnc_cbe_set_by_string(cbe, text);
+  g_free(text);
   return FALSE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/druid-gnc-xml-import.c b/src/gnome-utils/druid-gnc-xml-import.c
index b5d73df018..a2175c71bd 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/druid-gnc-xml-import.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/druid-gnc-xml-import.c
@@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@ gxi_default_enc_combo_changed_cb (GtkComboBox *combo, GncXmlImportData *data)
   gtk_tree_model_get (gtk_combo_box_get_model (combo), &iter,
                       0, &enc_string, -1);
   curr_enc = g_quark_from_string (enc_string);
+  g_free (enc_string);
 
   if (data->default_encoding == curr_enc)
     return;
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-account.c b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-account.c
index 06527c368e..ce56367a6a 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-account.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-account.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ sort_by_string (GtkTreeModel *f_model,
   GtkTreeModel *model;
   GtkTreeIter iter1, iter2;
   const Account *account1, *account2;
-  const gchar *str1, *str2;
+  gchar *str1, *str2;
   gint column = GPOINTER_TO_INT(user_data);
   gint result;
 
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ sort_by_string (GtkTreeModel *f_model,
   gtk_tree_model_get(GTK_TREE_MODEL(model), &iter2,  column, &str2, -1);
 
   result = safe_utf8_collate(str1, str2);
+  g_free(str1);
+  g_free(str2);
   if (result != 0)
     return result;
   return xaccAccountOrder(account1, account2);
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-commodity.c b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-commodity.c
index 950b094140..07d9a40f8b 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-commodity.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-tree-view-commodity.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ sort_by_commodity_string (GtkTreeModel *f_model,
   GtkTreeModel *model;
   GtkTreeIter iter_a, iter_b;
   gnc_commodity *comm_a, *comm_b;
-  const gchar *str1, *str2;
+  gchar *str1, *str2;
   gint column = GPOINTER_TO_INT(user_data);
   gint result;
 
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ sort_by_commodity_string (GtkTreeModel *f_model,
   gtk_tree_model_get(GTK_TREE_MODEL(model), &iter_b,  column, &str2, -1);
 
   result = safe_utf8_collate(str1, str2);
+  g_free(str1);
+  g_free(str2);
   if (result != 0)
     return result;
   return default_sort(comm_a, comm_b);
diff --git a/src/import-export/csv/gnc-csv-import.c b/src/import-export/csv/gnc-csv-import.c
index 0ed5bb5807..68eec7bc37 100644
--- a/src/import-export/csv/gnc-csv-import.c
+++ b/src/import-export/csv/gnc-csv-import.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ static void ok_button_clicked(GtkWidget* widget, GncCsvPreview* preview)
   for(i = 0; i < ncols; i++)
   {
     int type; /* The column type contained in this column. */
+    gboolean found;
     gchar* contents; /* The column type string in this column. */
     /* Get the type string first. (store is arranged so that every two
      * columns is a pair of the model used for the combobox and the
@@ -264,7 +265,9 @@ static void ok_button_clicked(GtkWidget* widget, GncCsvPreview* preview)
     for(type = 0; type < GNC_CSV_NUM_COL_TYPES; type++)
     {
       /* ... we find one that matches with what's in the column. */
-      if(!strcmp(contents, _(gnc_csv_column_type_strs[type])))
+      found = !strcmp(contents, _(gnc_csv_column_type_strs[type]));
+      g_free(contents);
+      if(found)
       {
         /* Set the column_types array appropriately and quit. */
         column_types->data[i] = type;
@@ -369,6 +372,7 @@ static void column_type_edited(GtkCellRenderer* renderer, gchar* path,
         gtk_list_store_set(GTK_LIST_STORE(store), &iter, 2*i+1,
                            _(gnc_csv_column_type_strs[GNC_CSV_NONE]), -1);
       }
+      g_free(contents);
     }
     else /* If this is the column that was edited ... */
     {
diff --git a/src/import-export/qif-import/dialog-account-picker.c b/src/import-export/qif-import/dialog-account-picker.c
index 8ae0df0610..22892c5fb4 100644
--- a/src/import-export/qif-import/dialog-account-picker.c
+++ b/src/import-export/qif-import/dialog-account-picker.c
@@ -199,12 +199,10 @@ gnc_ui_qif_account_picker_changed_cb (GtkTreeSelection *selection,
   SCM name_setter = scm_c_eval_string("qif-map-entry:set-gnc-name!");
   GtkTreeModel *model;
   GtkTreeIter iter;
-  gchar *name;
 
   g_free(wind->selected_name);
   if (gtk_tree_selection_get_selected(selection, &model, &iter)) {
-    gtk_tree_model_get(model, &iter, ACCOUNT_COL_FULLNAME, &name, -1);
-    wind->selected_name = g_strdup(name);
+    gtk_tree_model_get(model, &iter, ACCOUNT_COL_FULLNAME, &wind->selected_name, -1);
     scm_call_2(name_setter, wind->map_entry, scm_makfrom0str(wind->selected_name));
   } else {
     wind->selected_name = NULL;
diff --git a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-item-list.c b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-item-list.c
index bac391f9d7..55c38ccad7 100644
--- a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-item-list.c
+++ b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-item-list.c
@@ -124,9 +124,12 @@ _gnc_item_find_selection(GtkTreeModel *model, GtkTreePath *path, GtkTreeIter *it
 {
         FindSelectionData *to_find = (FindSelectionData*)data;
         gchar *iterStr;
+        gboolean found;
 
         gtk_tree_model_get(model, iter, 0, &iterStr, -1);
-        if (safe_strcmp(to_find->string_to_find, iterStr) == 0)
+        found = safe_strcmp(to_find->string_to_find, iterStr) == 0;
+        g_free(iterStr);
+        if (found)
         {
                 to_find->found_path = gtk_tree_path_copy(path);
                 return TRUE;
@@ -283,7 +286,7 @@ gnc_item_list_button_event(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event,
                                        gnc_item_list_signals[ACTIVATE_ITEM],
                                        0, 
                                        string);
-
+                        g_free(string);
                         return TRUE;
                 default:
                         return FALSE;
@@ -313,6 +316,7 @@ gnc_item_list_key_event (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventKey *event, gpointer data)
                                        gnc_item_list_signals[ACTIVATE_ITEM], 
                                        0, 
                                        string);
+                        g_free(string);
                         return TRUE;
 
 		case GDK_Page_Up:
diff --git a/src/report/report-gnome/dialog-style-sheet.c b/src/report/report-gnome/dialog-style-sheet.c
index 45a7cb8b95..e854bd9596 100644
--- a/src/report/report-gnome/dialog-style-sheet.c
+++ b/src/report/report-gnome/dialog-style-sheet.c
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ gnc_style_sheet_select_dialog_response_cb (GtkDialog *unused,
       gtk_list_store_set (ss->list_store, &iter,
 			  COLUMN_DIALOG, ssinfo,
 			  -1);
+      g_free(name);
     }
     break;