2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/src/search.c b/src/src/search.c
index b1dc884c9..8f46c7e85 100644
--- a/src/src/search.c
+++ b/src/src/search.c
@@ -464,10 +464,10 @@ Returns:       a pointer to a dynamic string containing the answer,
 static uschar *
 internal_search_find(void *handle, uschar *filename, uschar *keystring)
 {
-tree_node *t = (tree_node *)handle;
-search_cache *c = (search_cache *)(t->data.ptr);
-expiring_data *e;
-uschar *data = NULL;
+tree_node * t = (tree_node *)handle;
+search_cache * c = (search_cache *)(t->data.ptr);
+expiring_data * e = NULL;	/* compiler quietening */
+uschar * data = NULL;
 int search_type = t->name[0] - '0';
 int old_pool = store_pool;
 
diff --git a/src/src/string.c b/src/src/string.c
index 5a8d0e763..3abe2a3bd 100644
--- a/src/src/string.c
+++ b/src/src/string.c
@@ -1059,8 +1059,6 @@ gstring *
 string_append2_listele_n(gstring * list, const uschar * sepstr,
  const uschar * ele, unsigned len)
 {
-const uschar * sp;
-
 if (list && list->ptr)
   list = string_cat(list, sepstr);