diff --git a/tests-clar/commit/write.c b/tests-clar/commit/write.c
index 5a8e0c4c1..9c4d077a6 100644
--- a/tests-clar/commit/write.c
+++ b/tests-clar/commit/write.c
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ static const char *commit_message = "This commit has been created in memory\n\
    This is a commit created in memory and it will be written back to disk\n";
 static const char *tree_oid = "1810dff58d8a660512d4832e740f692884338ccd";
 static const char *root_commit_message = "This is a root commit\n\
-This is a root commit and should be the only one in this branch\n";
-
+   This is a root commit and should be the only one in this branch\n";
+static char *head_old;
+static git_reference *head, *branch;
+static git_commit *commit;
 
 // Fixture setup
 static git_repository *g_repo;
@@ -17,6 +19,13 @@ void test_commit_write__initialize(void)
 }
 void test_commit_write__cleanup(void)
 {
+   git_reference_free(head);
+   git_reference_free(branch);
+
+   git_commit_free(commit);
+
+   git__free(head_old);
+
    cl_git_sandbox_cleanup();
 }
 
@@ -24,7 +33,6 @@ void test_commit_write__cleanup(void)
 // write a new commit object from memory to disk
 void test_commit_write__from_memory(void)
 {
-   git_commit *commit;
    git_oid tree_id, parent_id, commit_id;
    git_signature *author, *committer;
    const git_signature *author1, *committer1;
@@ -79,18 +87,13 @@ void test_commit_write__from_memory(void)
    cl_assert(strcmp(git_commit_message(commit), commit_message) == 0);
 }
 
-
-
 // create a root commit
 void test_commit_write__root(void)
 {
-	git_commit *commit;
 	git_oid tree_id, commit_id;
 	const git_oid *branch_oid;
 	git_signature *author, *committer;
 	const char *branch_name = "refs/heads/root-commit-branch";
-	git_reference *head, *branch;
-	char *head_old;
 	git_tree *tree;
 
 	git_oid_fromstr(&tree_id, tree_oid);
diff --git a/tests-clar/index/tests.c b/tests-clar/index/tests.c
index ead42ecce..a8ca2eece 100644
--- a/tests-clar/index/tests.c
+++ b/tests-clar/index/tests.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ static void files_are_equal(const char *a, const char *b)
 
 	git_buf_free(&buf_a);
 	git_buf_free(&buf_b);
+
+	cl_assert(pass);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests-clar/object/tree/write.c b/tests-clar/object/tree/write.c
index 941b045b0..3911f6f0e 100644
--- a/tests-clar/object/tree/write.c
+++ b/tests-clar/object/tree/write.c
@@ -9,36 +9,6 @@ static const char *third_tree = "eb86d8b81d6adbd5290a935d6c9976882de98488";
 
 static git_repository *g_repo;
 
-
-// Helpers
-static int print_tree(git_repository *repo, const git_oid *tree_oid, int depth)
-{
-	static const char *indent = "                              ";
-	git_tree *tree;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	if (git_tree_lookup(&tree, repo, tree_oid) < GIT_SUCCESS)
-		return GIT_ERROR;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < git_tree_entrycount(tree); ++i) {
-		const git_tree_entry *entry = git_tree_entry_byindex(tree, i);
-		char entry_oid[40];
-
-		git_oid_fmt(entry_oid, &entry->oid);
-		printf("%.*s%o [%.*s] %s\n", depth*2, indent, entry->attr, 40, entry_oid, entry->filename);
-
-		if (entry->attr == S_IFDIR) {
-			if (print_tree(repo, &entry->oid, depth + 1) < GIT_SUCCESS) {
-				git_tree_free(tree);
-				return GIT_ERROR;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	git_tree_free(tree);
-	return GIT_SUCCESS;
-}
-
 // Fixture setup and teardown
 void test_object_tree_write__initialize(void)
 {