diff --git a/src/lxc/confile.c b/src/lxc/confile.c
index b6c5b91b6..21e2d4a7e 100644
--- a/src/lxc/confile.c
+++ b/src/lxc/confile.c
@@ -2257,7 +2257,6 @@ static int set_config_namespace_clone(const char *key, const char *value,
 {
 	char *ns, *token;
 	int cloneflag = 0;
-	char *saveptr = NULL;
 
 	if (lxc_config_value_empty(value))
 		return clr_config_namespace_clone(key, lxc_conf, data);
@@ -2293,7 +2292,6 @@ static int set_config_namespace_keep(const char *key, const char *value,
 {
 	char *ns, *token;
 	int cloneflag = 0;
-	char *saveptr = NULL;
 
 	if (lxc_config_value_empty(value))
 		return clr_config_namespace_keep(key, lxc_conf, data);
diff --git a/src/lxc/file_utils.c b/src/lxc/file_utils.c
index 3bdde2e3a..16897d627 100644
--- a/src/lxc/file_utils.c
+++ b/src/lxc/file_utils.c
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ bool is_fs_type(const struct statfs *fs, fs_type_magic magic_val)
 
 bool has_fs_type(const char *path, fs_type_magic magic_val)
 {
-	bool has_type;
 	int ret;
 	struct statfs sb;
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/storage/rsync.c b/src/lxc/storage/rsync.c
index ca2da186e..39d09e98d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/storage/rsync.c
+++ b/src/lxc/storage/rsync.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ int lxc_storage_rsync_exec_wrapper(void *data)
 
 int lxc_rsync_exec_wrapper(void *data)
 {
-	int ret;
 	struct rsync_data_char *args = data;
 
 	if (!lxc_switch_uid_gid(0, 0))