1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/env.c b/src/nvim/os/env.c
index d46d51882e..ea9a803a86 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/env.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/env.c
@@ -1156,15 +1156,12 @@ char *home_replace_save(buf_T *buf, const char *src)
 /// Function given to ExpandGeneric() to obtain an environment variable name.
 char *get_env_name(expand_T *xp, int idx)
 {
-#define ENVNAMELEN 100
-  // this static buffer is needed to avoid a memory leak in ExpandGeneric
-  static char_u name[ENVNAMELEN];
   assert(idx >= 0);
   char *envname = os_getenvname_at_index((size_t)idx);
   if (envname) {
-    STRLCPY(name, envname, ENVNAMELEN);
+    STRLCPY(xp->xp_buf, envname, EXPAND_BUF_LEN);
     xfree(envname);
-    return (char *)name;
+    return xp->xp_buf;
   }
   return NULL;
 }