diff --git a/core/ini.c b/core/ini.c
index 97080bcd9..9ff18a47a 100644
--- a/core/ini.c
+++ b/core/ini.c
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ void uwsgi_ini_config(char *file, char *magic_table[]) {
 	char *key;
 	char *val;
 
-	int lines = 1;
-
 	char *section_asked = "uwsgi";
 	char *colon;
 	int got_section = 0;
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@ void uwsgi_ini_config(char *file, char *magic_table[]) {
 		if (ini_line == NULL) {
 			break;
 		}
-		lines++;
 
 		// skip empty line
 		key = ini_lstrip(ini);
diff --git a/core/master.c b/core/master.c
index dccd590bd..e58161687 100644
--- a/core/master.c
+++ b/core/master.c
@@ -8,16 +8,12 @@ static void master_check_processes() {
 	if (!uwsgi.die_on_no_workers) return;
 
 	int alive_processes = 0;
-	int dead_processes = 0;
 
 	int i;
 	for (i = 1; i <= uwsgi.numproc; i++) {
 		if (uwsgi.workers[i].cheaped == 0 && uwsgi.workers[i].pid > 0) {
 			alive_processes++;
 		}
-		else {
-			dead_processes++;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (uwsgi.die_on_no_workers) {
diff --git a/core/yaml.c b/core/yaml.c
index edaad760e..e85943566 100644
--- a/core/yaml.c
+++ b/core/yaml.c
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ void uwsgi_yaml_config(char *file, char *magic_table[]) {
 #else
 	int depth;
 	int current_depth = 0;
-	int lines = 1;
 	char *yaml_line;
 	char *section = "";
 
@@ -221,7 +220,6 @@ void uwsgi_yaml_config(char *file, char *magic_table[]) {
 		if (yaml_line == NULL) {
 			break;
 		}
-		lines++;
 
 		// skip empty line
 		if (yaml[0] == 0)