diff --git a/src/reset.c b/src/reset.c
index f42a0b3ae..351ecaa2a 100644
--- a/src/reset.c
+++ b/src/reset.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int git_reset(
 
 	if (reset_type == GIT_RESET_HARD) {
 		/* overwrite working directory with HEAD */
-		opts.checkout_strategy = GIT_CHECKOUT_FORCE | GIT_CHECKOUT_SKIP_UNMERGED;
+		opts.checkout_strategy = GIT_CHECKOUT_FORCE;
 
 		if ((error = git_checkout_tree(repo, (git_object *)tree, &opts)) < 0)
 			goto cleanup;
diff --git a/tests/reset/reset_helpers.c b/tests/reset/reset_helpers.c
index ec67b8634..e6acec9ef 100644
--- a/tests/reset/reset_helpers.c
+++ b/tests/reset/reset_helpers.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ void reflog_check(git_repository *repo, const char *refname,
 	git_reflog *log;
 	const git_reflog_entry *entry;
 
-	exp_email = exp_email;
+	GIT_UNUSED(exp_email);
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_reflog_read(&log, repo, refname));
 	cl_assert_equal_i(exp_count, git_reflog_entrycount(log));