diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 6ef2a3f49..2a55ea7bb 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1454,8 +1454,7 @@ fn formattingHandler(arena: *std.heap.ArenaAllocator, id: types.RequestId, req:
             return try respondGeneric(id, null_result_response);
         };
 
-        var process = try std.ChildProcess.init(&[_][]const u8{ zig_exe_path, "fmt", "--stdin" }, allocator);
-        defer process.deinit();
+        var process = std.ChildProcess.init(&[_][]const u8{ zig_exe_path, "fmt", "--stdin" }, allocator);
         process.stdin_behavior = .Pipe;
         process.stdout_behavior = .Pipe;
 
diff --git a/tests/sessions.zig b/tests/sessions.zig
index 59118c5ac..8212d42ea 100644
--- a/tests/sessions.zig
+++ b/tests/sessions.zig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const initialize_msg_offs =
 ;
 
 const Server = struct {
-    process: *std.ChildProcess,
+    process: std.ChildProcess,
     request_id: u32 = 1,
 
     fn start(initialization: []const u8, expect: ?[]const u8) !Server {
@@ -103,12 +103,11 @@ const Server = struct {
         // FIXME this shutdown request fails with a broken pipe on stdin on the CI
         self.request("shutdown", "{}", null) catch @panic("Could not send shutdown request");
         // waitNoError(self.process) catch @panic("Server error");
-        self.process.deinit();
     }
 };
 
-fn startZls() !*std.ChildProcess {
-    var process = try std.ChildProcess.init(&[_][]const u8{"zig-out/bin/zls" ++ suffix}, allocator);
+fn startZls() !std.ChildProcess {
+    var process = std.ChildProcess.init(&[_][]const u8{"zig-out/bin/zls" ++ suffix}, allocator);
     process.stdin_behavior = .Pipe;
     process.stdout_behavior = .Pipe;
     process.stderr_behavior = .Inherit;