diff --git a/src/transports/local.c b/src/transports/local.c
index c433339a7..2937da06d 100644
--- a/src/transports/local.c
+++ b/src/transports/local.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ static int local_connect(git_transport *transport, int GIT_UNUSED(direction))
 	int error;
 	transport_local *t = (transport_local *) transport;
 	const char *path;
-	const char file_prefix[] = "file://";
 	GIT_UNUSED_ARG(direction);
 
 	/* The repo layer doesn't want the prefix */
diff --git a/tests-clay/network/remotelocal.c b/tests-clay/network/remotelocal.c
index 7dad39a4b..b9003e7ca 100644
--- a/tests-clay/network/remotelocal.c
+++ b/tests-clay/network/remotelocal.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static int count_ref__cb(git_remote_head *head, void *payload)
 {
 	int *count = (int *)payload;
 
+	(void)head;
 	(*count)++;
 
 	return GIT_SUCCESS;