diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 520c7c467d..60cf92cf99 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ rsRetVal parsSkipAfterChar(rsParsObj *pThis, char c)
 rsRetVal parsSkipWhitespace(rsParsObj *pThis)
 {
 	register unsigned char *pC;
-	int numSkipped;
 	DEFiRet;
 
 
@@ -222,12 +221,10 @@ rsRetVal parsSkipWhitespace(rsParsObj *pThis)
 
 	pC = rsCStrGetBufBeg(pThis->pCStr);
 
-	numSkipped = 0;
 	while(pThis->iCurrPos < rsCStrLen(pThis->pCStr)) {
 		if(!isspace((int)*(pC+pThis->iCurrPos)))
 			break;
 		++pThis->iCurrPos;
-		++numSkipped;
 	}
 
 	RETiRet;
diff --git a/runtime/modules.c b/runtime/modules.c
index b39bd9f066..fdc1fd6a6a 100644
--- a/runtime/modules.c
+++ b/runtime/modules.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,6 @@ Load(uchar *const pModName, const sbool bConfLoad, struct nvlst *const lst)
 	cfgmodules_etry_t *pNew = NULL;
 	cfgmodules_etry_t *pLast = NULL;
 	uchar *pModDirCurr, *pModDirNext;
-	int iLoadCnt;
 	struct dlhandle_s *pHandle = NULL;
 	uchar pathBuf[PATH_MAX+1];
 	uchar *pPathBuf = pathBuf;
@@ -1156,7 +1155,6 @@ Load(uchar *const pModName, const sbool bConfLoad, struct nvlst *const lst)
 	pModDirCurr = (uchar *)((pModDir == NULL) ? _PATH_MODDIR : (char *)pModDir);
 	pModDirNext = NULL;
 	pModHdlr    = NULL;
-	iLoadCnt    = 0;
 	do {	/* now build our load module name */
 		if(*pModName == '/' || *pModName == '.') {
 			if(lenPathBuf < PATHBUF_OVERHEAD) {
@@ -1241,8 +1239,6 @@ Load(uchar *const pModName, const sbool bConfLoad, struct nvlst *const lst)
 			}
 		}
 
-		iLoadCnt++;
-
 	} while(pModHdlr == NULL && *pModName != '/' && pModDirNext);
 
 	if(load_err_msg != NULL) {