diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 7d5b8f750d..2c52119bbb 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -243,6 +243,17 @@ static struct branch *make_branch(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void branch_release(struct branch *branch)
+{
+	free((char *)branch->name);
+	free((char *)branch->refname);
+	free(branch->remote_name);
+	free(branch->pushremote_name);
+	for (int i = 0; i < branch->merge_nr; i++)
+		refspec_item_clear(branch->merge[i]);
+	free(branch->merge);
+}
+
 static struct rewrite *make_rewrite(struct rewrites *r,
 				    const char *base, size_t len)
 {
@@ -263,6 +274,14 @@ static struct rewrite *make_rewrite(struct rewrites *r,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void rewrites_release(struct rewrites *r)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < r->rewrite_nr; i++)
+		free((char *)r->rewrite[i]->base);
+	free(r->rewrite);
+	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
+}
+
 static void add_instead_of(struct rewrite *rewrite, const char *instead_of)
 {
 	ALLOC_GROW(rewrite->instead_of, rewrite->instead_of_nr + 1, rewrite->instead_of_alloc);
@@ -373,8 +392,10 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value,
 			return -1;
 		branch = make_branch(remote_state, name, namelen);
 		if (!strcmp(subkey, "remote")) {
+			FREE_AND_NULL(branch->remote_name);
 			return git_config_string(&branch->remote_name, key, value);
 		} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "pushremote")) {
+			FREE_AND_NULL(branch->pushremote_name);
 			return git_config_string(&branch->pushremote_name, key, value);
 		} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "merge")) {
 			if (!value)
@@ -406,9 +427,11 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Handle remote.* variables */
-	if (!name && !strcmp(subkey, "pushdefault"))
+	if (!name && !strcmp(subkey, "pushdefault")) {
+		FREE_AND_NULL(remote_state->pushremote_name);
 		return git_config_string(&remote_state->pushremote_name, key,
 					 value);
+	}
 
 	if (!name)
 		return 0;
@@ -475,12 +498,15 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value,
 		else if (!strcmp(value, "--tags"))
 			remote->fetch_tags = 2;
 	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "proxy")) {
+		FREE_AND_NULL(remote->http_proxy);
 		return git_config_string(&remote->http_proxy,
 					 key, value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "proxyauthmethod")) {
+		FREE_AND_NULL(remote->http_proxy_authmethod);
 		return git_config_string(&remote->http_proxy_authmethod,
 					 key, value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "vcs")) {
+		FREE_AND_NULL(remote->foreign_vcs);
 		return git_config_string(&remote->foreign_vcs, key, value);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -2797,16 +2823,26 @@ struct remote_state *remote_state_new(void)
 
 void remote_state_clear(struct remote_state *remote_state)
 {
+	struct hashmap_iter iter;
+	struct branch *b;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < remote_state->remotes_nr; i++)
 		remote_clear(remote_state->remotes[i]);
 	FREE_AND_NULL(remote_state->remotes);
+	FREE_AND_NULL(remote_state->pushremote_name);
 	remote_state->remotes_alloc = 0;
 	remote_state->remotes_nr = 0;
 
+	rewrites_release(&remote_state->rewrites);
+	rewrites_release(&remote_state->rewrites_push);
+
 	hashmap_clear_and_free(&remote_state->remotes_hash, struct remote, ent);
-	hashmap_clear_and_free(&remote_state->branches_hash, struct remote, ent);
+	hashmap_for_each_entry(&remote_state->branches_hash, &iter, b, ent) {
+		branch_release(b);
+		free(b);
+	}
+	hashmap_clear(&remote_state->branches_hash);
 }
 
 /*