diff --git a/play.c b/play.c
index 0dfb29c..00c2cbd 100644
--- a/play.c
+++ b/play.c
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ int play_level(void){
     Uint32 t_start,t_end,t_gone,t_now;
     Sint32 t_left;
     Uint32 ticks;
-    Uint32 q;
 
     graphic* g=play->g;
     field* lvl=play->f;
@@ -242,7 +241,6 @@ int play_level(void){
 		t_left=t_end-t_now;
 //	printf("start: %5d, end: %5d, left: %5d, ticks: %5d, frame: %5d, z: %4d\n",t_start, t_end, t_left, ticks, frames, z);
 
-		q=0;
 		if(t_left>0){
 		    ticks-=t_left;
 		    DELAY(t_left,t_end);
diff --git a/title.c b/title.c
index de43a11..131e860 100644
--- a/title.c
+++ b/title.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #define MENU_ENTRIES 5 /* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!! */
 
 SDL_Surface * create_title(menuentry * entries){
-    SDL_Surface *title,*black,*s,*bkg;
+    SDL_Surface *title,*s,*bkg;
     int x;
     int xk,yk;
 
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ SDL_Surface * create_title(menuentry * entries){
 
     /* sleep(1); */ /* I'd like to have a cool intro here ;-) */
 
-    black=NULL;
     /* To make it more readable, perhaps?
     black=SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_HWSURFACE, s->w, s->h, 
 	    s->format->BitsPerPixel, s->format->Rmask, s->format->Gmask,