diff --git a/headers/modsecurity/transaction.h b/headers/modsecurity/transaction.h
index 3e70caa38..d9d670d9c 100644
--- a/headers/modsecurity/transaction.h
+++ b/headers/modsecurity/transaction.h
@@ -205,9 +205,12 @@ class TransactionAnchoredVariables {
         m_variableFilesTmpNames(t, "FILES_TMPNAMES"),
         m_variableMultipartPartHeaders(t, "MULTIPART_PART_HEADERS"),
         m_variableOffset(0),
-        m_variableArgsNames("ARGS_NAMES", &m_variableArgs),
-        m_variableArgsGetNames("ARGS_GET_NAMES", &m_variableArgsGet),
-        m_variableArgsPostNames("ARGS_POST_NAMES", &m_variableArgsPost)
+        m_pVariableArgsNames(std::make_unique<AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy>("ARGS_NAMES", &m_variableArgs)),
+        m_variableArgsNames(*m_pVariableArgsNames),
+        m_pVariableArgsGetNames(std::make_unique<AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy>("ARGS_GET_NAMES", &m_variableArgsGet)),
+        m_variableArgsGetNames(*m_pVariableArgsGetNames),
+        m_pVariableArgsPostNames(std::make_unique<AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy>("ARGS_POST_NAMES", &m_variableArgsPost)),
+        m_variableArgsPostNames(*m_pVariableArgsPostNames)
         { }
 
     AnchoredSetVariable m_variableRequestHeadersNames;
@@ -291,9 +294,12 @@ class TransactionAnchoredVariables {
 
     int m_variableOffset;
 
-    AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy m_variableArgsNames;
-    AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy m_variableArgsGetNames;
-    AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy m_variableArgsPostNames;
+    std::unique_ptr<AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy> m_pVariableArgsNames;
+    AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy &m_variableArgsNames;
+    std::unique_ptr<AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy> m_pVariableArgsGetNames;
+    AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy &m_variableArgsGetNames;
+    std::unique_ptr<AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy> m_pVariableArgsPostNames;
+    AnchoredSetVariableTranslationProxy &m_variableArgsPostNames;
 };
 
 class TransactionSecMarkerManagement {
diff --git a/src/transaction.cc b/src/transaction.cc
index 6c8ae9744..a3b93336d 100644
--- a/src/transaction.cc
+++ b/src/transaction.cc
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ Transaction::~Transaction() {
 
     m_rulesMessages.clear();
 
+    m_ruleRemoveById.clear();
+    m_ruleRemoveByIdRange.clear();
+    m_ruleRemoveByTag.clear();
+    m_ruleRemoveTargetById.clear();
+    m_ruleRemoveTargetByTag.clear();
+
     intervention::free(&m_it);
     intervention::clean(&m_it);