diff --git a/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-bill-term-sql.cpp b/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-bill-term-sql.cpp
index 40bd993cf3..433e7813ed 100644
--- a/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-bill-term-sql.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-bill-term-sql.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ GncSqlBillTermBackend::load_all (GncSqlBackend* sql_be)
         if (pBillTerm != nullptr)
             instances.push_back(QOF_INSTANCE(pBillTerm));
     }
+    delete result;
 
     if (!instances.empty())
         gnc_sql_slots_load_for_instancevec (sql_be, instances);
diff --git a/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-slots-sql.cpp b/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-slots-sql.cpp
index c563e95635..bd9c3419d9 100644
--- a/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-slots-sql.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-slots-sql.cpp
@@ -361,9 +361,9 @@ set_string_val (gpointer pObject,  gpointer pValue)
 
     if (pInfo->value_type != KvpValue::Type::STRING || pValue == NULL)
         return;
-    auto string = g_strdup (static_cast<const char*> (pValue));
-    auto value = new KvpValue {string};
+    auto value = new KvpValue {static_cast<const char*> (pValue)};
     set_slot_from_value (pInfo, value);
+    delete value;
 }
 
 static  gpointer
@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ slots_load_info (slot_info_t* pInfo)
         auto result = pInfo->be->execute_select_statement (stmt);
         for (auto row : *result)
             load_slot (pInfo, row);
+        delete result;
     }
 }
 
@@ -934,6 +935,7 @@ void gnc_sql_slots_load_for_sql_subquery (GncSqlBackend* sql_be,
     auto result = sql_be->execute_select_statement(stmt);
     for (auto row : *result)
         load_slot_for_book_object (sql_be, row, lookup_fn);
+    delete result;
 }
 
 /* ================================================================= */
diff --git a/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-sql-column-table-entry.cpp b/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-sql-column-table-entry.cpp
index 0fd6fd0ff3..3f7a546ac2 100644
--- a/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-sql-column-table-entry.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-sql-column-table-entry.cpp
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ GncSqlColumnTableEntryImpl<CT_NUMERIC>::load (const GncSqlBackend* sql_be,
         buf = g_strdup_printf ("%s_denom", m_col_name);
         auto denom = row.get_int_at_col (buf);
         n = gnc_numeric_create (num, denom);
+        g_free (buf);
     }
     catch (std::invalid_argument)
     {
@@ -569,6 +570,7 @@ GncSqlColumnTableEntryImpl<CT_NUMERIC>::add_to_table(ColVec& vec) const noexcept
                                      subtable_row->m_col_name);
         GncSqlColumnInfo info(buf, BCT_INT64, 0, false, false,
                               m_flags & COL_PKEY, m_flags & COL_NNUL);
+        g_free (buf);
         vec.emplace_back(std::move(info));
     }
 }