diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-commit.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-commit.c
index d057ea34..8c5d9411 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-commit.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-commit.c
@@ -1588,7 +1588,6 @@ ostree_repo_prepare_transaction (OstreeRepo     *self,
                                  GCancellable   *cancellable,
                                  GError        **error)
 {
-  g_autoptr(_OstreeRepoAutoTransaction) txn = NULL;
   guint64 reserved_bytes = 0;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (self->in_transaction == FALSE, FALSE);
@@ -1596,7 +1595,8 @@ ostree_repo_prepare_transaction (OstreeRepo     *self,
   g_debug ("Preparing transaction in repository %p", self);
 
   /* Set up to abort the transaction if we return early from this function. */
-  txn = self;
+  g_autoptr(_OstreeRepoAutoTransaction) txn = self;
+  (void) txn; /* Add use to silence static analysis */
 
   memset (&self->txn.stats, 0, sizeof (OstreeRepoTransactionStats));
 
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ ostree_repo_prepare_transaction (OstreeRepo     *self,
     return FALSE;
 
   /* Success: do not abort the transaction when returning. */
-  txn = NULL;
+  txn = NULL; (void) txn;
 
   if (out_transaction_resume)
     *out_transaction_resume = ret_transaction_resume;
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index ba6e7289..bcb8b420 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -2181,7 +2181,6 @@ static void
 start_fetch (OtPullData *pull_data,
              FetchObjectData *fetch)
 {
-  gboolean is_meta;
   g_autofree char *obj_subpath = NULL;
   guint64 *expected_max_size_p;
   guint64 expected_max_size;
@@ -2190,13 +2189,12 @@ start_fetch (OtPullData *pull_data,
   GPtrArray *mirrorlist = NULL;
 
   ostree_object_name_deserialize (fetch->object, &expected_checksum, &objtype);
-  is_meta = OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_IS_META (objtype);
 
   g_debug ("starting fetch of %s.%s%s", expected_checksum,
            ostree_object_type_to_string (objtype),
            fetch->is_detached_meta ? " (detached)" : "");
 
-  is_meta = OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_IS_META (objtype);
+  gboolean is_meta = OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_IS_META (objtype);
   if (is_meta)
     pull_data->n_outstanding_metadata_fetches++;
   else
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-checksum-utils.c b/src/libotutil/ot-checksum-utils.c
index 6eb6fdc0..66767368 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-checksum-utils.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-checksum-utils.c
@@ -250,9 +250,8 @@ ot_gio_splice_get_checksum (GOutputStream  *out,
 
   guint8 digest[_OSTREE_SHA256_DIGEST_LEN];
   ot_checksum_get_digest (&checksum, digest, sizeof (digest));
-  g_autofree guchar *ret_csum = g_malloc (sizeof (digest));
-  memcpy (ret_csum, digest, sizeof (digest));
-  ot_transfer_out_value (out_csum, &ret_csum);
+  if (out_csum)
+    *out_csum = g_memdup (digest, sizeof (digest));
   return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-builder.c b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-builder.c
index 5b331e62..6636068e 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-builder.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-builder.c
@@ -1150,14 +1150,8 @@ ot_variant_builder_end (OtVariantBuilder *builder,
                         GError **error)
 {
   OtVariantBuilderInfo *info = builder->head;
-  gsize total_size;
-  gsize offset_size;
-  int i;
-  g_autofree guchar *offset_table = NULL;
-  gsize offset_table_size;
   gboolean add_offset_table = FALSE;
   gboolean reverse_offset_table = FALSE;
-  guchar *p;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (info->n_children >= info->min_items,
                         FALSE);
@@ -1188,15 +1182,14 @@ ot_variant_builder_end (OtVariantBuilder *builder,
 
   if (add_offset_table)
     {
-      total_size = gvs_calculate_total_size (info->offset, info->child_ends->len);
-      offset_size = gvs_get_offset_size (total_size);
-
-      offset_table_size = total_size - info->offset;
-      offset_table = g_malloc (offset_table_size);
-      p = offset_table;
+      const gsize total_size = gvs_calculate_total_size (info->offset, info->child_ends->len);
+      const gsize offset_size = gvs_get_offset_size (total_size);
+      const gsize offset_table_size = total_size - info->offset;
+      g_autofree guchar *offset_table = g_malloc (offset_table_size);
+      guchar *p = offset_table;
       if (reverse_offset_table)
         {
-          for (i = info->child_ends->len - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+          for (int i = info->child_ends->len - 1; i >= 0; i--)
             {
               gvs_write_unaligned_le (p, g_array_index (info->child_ends, guint64, i), offset_size);
               p += offset_size;
@@ -1204,7 +1197,7 @@ ot_variant_builder_end (OtVariantBuilder *builder,
         }
       else
         {
-          for (i = 0; i < info->child_ends->len; i++)
+          for (int i = 0; i < info->child_ends->len; i++)
             {
               gvs_write_unaligned_le (p, g_array_index (info->child_ends, guint64, i), offset_size);
               p += offset_size;
diff --git a/tests/libostreetest.c b/tests/libostreetest.c
index 9a2fae09..1efee40e 100644
--- a/tests/libostreetest.c
+++ b/tests/libostreetest.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ ot_test_setup_sysroot (GCancellable *cancellable,
 
   g_autoptr(GString) buf = g_string_new ("mutable-deployments");
 
-  gboolean can_relabel;
+  gboolean can_relabel = FALSE;
   if (!ot_check_relabeling (&can_relabel, error))
     return FALSE;
   if (!can_relabel)
diff --git a/tests/test-keyfile-utils.c b/tests/test-keyfile-utils.c
index 258e7dd8..c580f81c 100644
--- a/tests/test-keyfile-utils.c
+++ b/tests/test-keyfile-utils.c
@@ -199,16 +199,15 @@ test_get_value_with_default_group_optional (void)
 static void
 test_copy_group (void)
 {
-  g_auto(GStrv) keys = NULL;
-  g_auto(GStrv) keys2 = NULL;
-  gsize length, length2, ii;
-  GKeyFile *tmp = g_key_file_new ();
+  gsize length, length2;
   const char *section = "section";
   GLogLevelFlags always_fatal_mask;
 
   /* Avoid that g_return_val_if_fail causes the test to fail.  */
   always_fatal_mask = g_log_set_always_fatal (0);
 
+  g_autoptr(GKeyFile) tmp = g_key_file_new ();
+
   g_assert_false (ot_keyfile_copy_group (NULL, tmp, section));
   g_assert_false (ot_keyfile_copy_group (g_keyfile, NULL, section));
   g_assert_false (ot_keyfile_copy_group (g_keyfile, tmp, NULL));
@@ -218,21 +217,17 @@ test_copy_group (void)
 
   g_assert_true (ot_keyfile_copy_group (g_keyfile, tmp, section));
 
-  keys = g_key_file_get_keys (g_keyfile, section, &length, NULL);
-  keys2 = g_key_file_get_keys (tmp, section, &length2, NULL);
+  g_auto(GStrv) keys = g_key_file_get_keys (g_keyfile, section, &length, NULL);
+  g_strfreev (g_key_file_get_keys (tmp, section, &length2, NULL));
   g_assert_cmpint(length, ==, length2);
 
-  for (ii = 0; ii < length; ii++)
+  for (gsize ii = 0; ii < length; ii++)
     {
-      g_autofree char *value = NULL;
-      g_autofree char *value2 = NULL;
-
-      value = g_key_file_get_value (g_keyfile, section, keys[ii], NULL);
-      value2 = g_key_file_get_value (g_keyfile, section, keys[ii], NULL);
+      g_autofree char *value = g_key_file_get_value (g_keyfile, section, keys[ii], NULL);
+      g_autofree char *value2 = g_key_file_get_value (g_keyfile, section, keys[ii], NULL);
       g_assert_cmpstr (value, ==, value2);
     }
 
-  g_key_file_free (tmp);
 }
 
 static void