diff --git a/core/os/os_darwin.odin b/core/os/os_darwin.odin
index d4435ec639e..3247eeeee00 100644
--- a/core/os/os_darwin.odin
+++ b/core/os/os_darwin.odin
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ _processor_core_count :: proc() -> int {
 	return 1
 }
 
-@(require_results)
+@(private, require_results)
 _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	res := make([]string, len(runtime.args__))
 	for _, i in res {
@@ -1205,6 +1205,11 @@ _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	return res
 }
 
+@(private, fini)
+_delete_command_line_arguments :: proc() {
+	delete(args)
+}
+
 socket :: proc(domain: int, type: int, protocol: int) -> (Socket, Error) {
 	result := _unix_socket(c.int(domain), c.int(type), c.int(protocol))
 	if result < 0 {
diff --git a/core/os/os_freebsd.odin b/core/os/os_freebsd.odin
index 87a56b05729..7eafb499303 100644
--- a/core/os/os_freebsd.odin
+++ b/core/os/os_freebsd.odin
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ _processor_core_count :: proc() -> int {
 }
 
 
-@(require_results)
+@(private, require_results)
 _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	res := make([]string, len(runtime.args__))
 	for arg, i in runtime.args__ {
@@ -944,3 +944,8 @@ _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	}
 	return res
 }
+
+@(private, fini)
+_delete_command_line_arguments :: proc() {
+	delete(args)
+}
diff --git a/core/os/os_haiku.odin b/core/os/os_haiku.odin
index 4a57afb87e6..24d68d3419f 100644
--- a/core/os/os_haiku.odin
+++ b/core/os/os_haiku.odin
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ file_size :: proc(fd: Handle) -> (i64, Error) {
 // "Argv" arguments converted to Odin strings
 args := _alloc_command_line_arguments()
 
-@(require_results)
+@(private, require_results)
 _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	res := make([]string, len(runtime.args__))
 	for arg, i in runtime.args__ {
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	return res
 }
 
+@(private, fini)
+_delete_command_line_arguments :: proc() {
+	delete(args)
+}
+
 @(private, require_results)
 _stat :: proc(path: string) -> (OS_Stat, Error) {
 	runtime.DEFAULT_TEMP_ALLOCATOR_TEMP_GUARD()
diff --git a/core/os/os_linux.odin b/core/os/os_linux.odin
index e023ce7cb84..47b321f9536 100644
--- a/core/os/os_linux.odin
+++ b/core/os/os_linux.odin
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ _processor_core_count :: proc() -> int {
 	return int(_unix_get_nprocs())
 }
 
-@(require_results)
+@(private, require_results)
 _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	res := make([]string, len(runtime.args__))
 	for arg, i in runtime.args__ {
@@ -1078,6 +1078,11 @@ _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	return res
 }
 
+@(private, fini)
+_delete_command_line_arguments :: proc() {
+	delete(args)
+}
+
 @(require_results)
 socket :: proc(domain: int, type: int, protocol: int) -> (Socket, Error) {
 	result := unix.sys_socket(domain, type, protocol)
diff --git a/core/os/os_netbsd.odin b/core/os/os_netbsd.odin
index e3ba760a4de..7bef85bed08 100644
--- a/core/os/os_netbsd.odin
+++ b/core/os/os_netbsd.odin
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ _processor_core_count :: proc() -> int {
 	return 1
 }
 
-@(require_results)
+@(private, require_results)
 _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	res := make([]string, len(runtime.args__))
 	for arg, i in runtime.args__ {
@@ -994,3 +994,8 @@ _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	}
 	return res
 }
+
+@(private, fini)
+_delete_command_line_arguments :: proc() {
+	delete(args)
+}
diff --git a/core/os/os_openbsd.odin b/core/os/os_openbsd.odin
index 3c377968c56..c013fbc9148 100644
--- a/core/os/os_openbsd.odin
+++ b/core/os/os_openbsd.odin
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ _processor_core_count :: proc() -> int {
 	return int(_sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN))
 }
 
-@(require_results)
+@(private, require_results)
 _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	res := make([]string, len(runtime.args__))
 	for arg, i in runtime.args__ {
@@ -893,3 +893,8 @@ _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	}
 	return res
 }
+
+@(private, fini)
+_delete_command_line_arguments :: proc() {
+	delete(args)
+}
diff --git a/core/os/os_wasi.odin b/core/os/os_wasi.odin
index 28f470357b6..0edc08415f8 100644
--- a/core/os/os_wasi.odin
+++ b/core/os/os_wasi.odin
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stderr: Handle = 2
 
 args := _alloc_command_line_arguments()
 
-@(require_results)
+@(private, require_results)
 _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> (args: []string) {
 	args = make([]string, len(runtime.args__))
 	for &arg, i in args {
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> (args: []string) {
 	return
 }
 
+@(private, fini)
+_delete_command_line_arguments :: proc() {
+	delete(args)
+}
+
 // WASI works with "preopened" directories, the environment retrieves directories
 // (for example with `wasmtime --dir=. module.wasm`) and those given directories
 // are the only ones accessible by the application.
diff --git a/core/os/os_windows.odin b/core/os/os_windows.odin
index 0c532bf143e..3c1725cc58c 100644
--- a/core/os/os_windows.odin
+++ b/core/os/os_windows.odin
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ current_thread_id :: proc "contextless" () -> int {
 
 
 
-@(require_results)
+@(private, require_results)
 _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	arg_count: i32
 	arg_list_ptr := win32.CommandLineToArgvW(win32.GetCommandLineW(), &arg_count)
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ _alloc_command_line_arguments :: proc() -> []string {
 	return arg_list
 }
 
+@(private, fini)
+_delete_command_line_arguments :: proc() {
+	for s in args {
+		delete(s)
+	}
+	delete(args)
+}
+
 /*
 	Windows 11 (preview) has the same major and minor version numbers
 	as Windows 10: 10 and 0 respectively.