diff --git a/src/shims/foreign_items.rs b/src/shims/foreign_items.rs
index f1b04afe0a62..7323a664bda8 100644
--- a/src/shims/foreign_items.rs
+++ b/src/shims/foreign_items.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
                 let ptr = this.read_scalar(ptr)?.not_undef()?;
                 let ptr = this.force_ptr(ptr)?;
                 if ptr.offset != Size::ZERO {
-                    throw_unsup_format!("Pointer passed to miri_static_root must point to beginning of an allocated block");
+                    throw_unsup_format!("pointer passed to miri_static_root must point to beginning of an allocated block");
                 }
                 this.machine.static_roots.push(ptr.alloc_id);
             }
diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/memleak.rs b/tests/compile-fail/memleak.rs
index c3b27abcdbb2..71b4e2f442f3 100644
--- a/tests/compile-fail/memleak.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/memleak.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// ignore-windows: We do not check leaks on Windows
-
 //error-pattern: the evaluated program leaked memory
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/memleak_rc.rs b/tests/compile-fail/memleak_rc.rs
index 446d28681b9e..b2bc6722afb0 100644
--- a/tests/compile-fail/memleak_rc.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/memleak_rc.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// ignore-windows: We do not check leaks on Windows
-
 //error-pattern: the evaluated program leaked memory
 
 use std::rc::Rc;