diff --git a/src/detect-engine-address.c b/src/detect-engine-address.c
index 2875171947..ac10e142de 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-address.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-address.c
@@ -1289,7 +1289,6 @@ int DetectAddressTestConfVars(void)
         }
 
         DetectAddressHeadFree(gh);
-        gh = NULL;
         DetectAddressHeadFree(ghn);
         ghn = NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-build.c b/src/detect-engine-build.c
index e957b50bdb..8b76212719 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-build.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-build.c
@@ -1645,8 +1645,6 @@ int CreateGroupedPortList(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, DetectPort *port_list, Detect
             /* when a group's sigs are added to the joingr, we can free it */
             gr->next = NULL;
             DetectPortFree(de_ctx, gr);
-            gr = NULL;
-
         /* append */
         } else {
             gr->next = NULL;
diff --git a/src/util-threshold-config.c b/src/util-threshold-config.c
index 74e58fbc8c..5d762a8f70 100644
--- a/src/util-threshold-config.c
+++ b/src/util-threshold-config.c
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ static int SetupThresholdRule(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, uint32_t id, uint32_t gid
                 if (sm != NULL) {
                     SigMatchRemoveSMFromList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_THRESHOLD);
                     SigMatchFree(de_ctx, sm);
-                    sm = NULL;
                 }
             }