diff --git a/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-rebase.cxx b/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-rebase.cxx
index 71c40533..55bf82e1 100644
--- a/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-rebase.cxx
+++ b/src/app/rpmostree-builtin-rebase.cxx
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ rpmostree_builtin_rebase (int             argc,
       else
         new_provided_refspec = opt_branch;
     }
+  (void)new_refspec_owned; /* Pacify static analysis */
 
   const char *remainder = NULL;
   RpmOstreeRefspecType refspectype;
diff --git a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-daemon.cxx b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-daemon.cxx
index 4a7dd6e4..83eeaa84 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-daemon.cxx
+++ b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-daemon.cxx
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ rpmostreed_daemon_publish (RpmostreedDaemon *self,
 
       if (object == NULL)
         object = owned_object = g_dbus_object_skeleton_new (path);
+      (void)owned_object; /* Pacify static analysis */
 
       g_dbus_object_skeleton_add_interface (object, (GDBusInterfaceSkeleton*)iface);
     }
diff --git a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
index 5d95056f..38f6d7c6 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
+++ b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.cxx
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ add_all_commit_details_to_vardict (OstreeDeployment *deployment,
         return FALSE;
       refspec = refspec_remainder;
     }
+  (void)refspec_owned; /* Pacify static analysis */
   refspec_is_ostree = refspec_type == RPMOSTREE_REFSPEC_TYPE_OSTREE;
   if (refspec_type == RPMOSTREE_REFSPEC_TYPE_CHECKSUM && !commit)
     checksum = refspec;
diff --git a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-os.cxx b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-os.cxx
index aec01bda..7badd523 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-os.cxx
+++ b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-os.cxx
@@ -793,12 +793,13 @@ os_handle_automatic_update_trigger (RPMOSTreeOS *interface,
     }
 
   /* if output-to-self is not explicitly set, default to TRUE */
-  g_autoptr(GVariant) new_dict = NULL;
+  g_autoptr(GVariant) arg_options_owned = NULL;
   if (!g_variant_dict_contains (&dict, "output-to-self"))
     {
       g_variant_dict_insert (&dict, "output-to-self", "b", TRUE);
-      arg_options = new_dict = g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_dict_end (&dict));
+      arg_options = arg_options_owned = g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_dict_end (&dict));
     }
+  (void) arg_options_owned; /* Pacify static analysis */
 
   return os_merge_or_start_deployment_txn (
       interface,
diff --git a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.cxx b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.cxx
index 0d760d23..8b8a74c5 100644
--- a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.cxx
+++ b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.cxx
@@ -3077,6 +3077,7 @@ get_rpmdb_pkg_header (rpmts rpmdb_ts,
   g_auto(rpmts) rpmdb_ts_owned = NULL;
   if (!rpmdb_ts) /* allow callers to pass NULL */
     rpmdb_ts = rpmdb_ts_owned = rpmtsCreate ();
+  (void)rpmdb_ts_owned; /* Pacify static analysis */
 
   unsigned int dbid = dnf_package_get_rpmdbid (pkg);
   g_assert (dbid > 0);
@@ -3189,6 +3190,7 @@ delete_package_from_root (RpmOstreeContext *self,
           if (fn_owned)
             fn = fn_owned;
         }
+      (void)fn_owned; /* Pacify static analysis */
 
       /* for now, we only remove files from /usr */
       if (!g_str_has_prefix (fn, "usr/"))
diff --git a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-scripts.cxx b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-scripts.cxx
index 5a66df63..f7adb08f 100644
--- a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-scripts.cxx
+++ b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-scripts.cxx
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ impl_run_rpm_script (const KnownRpmScriptKind *rpmscript,
   g_assert (script);
   if (expand)
     script = script_owned = rpmExpand (script, NULL);
+  (void)script_owned; /* Pacify static analysis */
 
   /* http://ftp.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-inside-scripts.html#S2-RPM-INSIDE-ERASE-TIME-SCRIPTS */
   const char *script_arg = NULL;
@@ -855,6 +856,7 @@ rpmostree_transfiletriggers_run_sync (Header        hdr,
         continue;
       if (flags & RPMSCRIPT_FLAG_EXPAND)
         script = script_owned = rpmExpand (script, NULL);
+      (void)script_owned; /* Pacify static analysis */
 
       g_autoptr(GPtrArray) patterns = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func (g_free);