diff --git a/mx_log.c b/mx_log.c
index 6a6a5b53..9e27bd3a 100644
--- a/mx_log.c
+++ b/mx_log.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ int mx_log_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     int len;
     int len2;
-    int res;
     char *msg = NULL;
     va_list ap;
 
@@ -84,15 +83,12 @@ int mx_log_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
     }
 
     len2 = fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg);
-    res  = fflush(stderr);
+    fflush(stderr);
     mx_free_null(msg);
 
     if (len2 != len+1)
         return -(errno=EIO);
 
-    if (!res)
-        res = 0;
-
     return len;
 }
 
diff --git a/mx_proc.c b/mx_proc.c
index 16c71f33..67ecb2e2 100644
--- a/mx_proc.c
+++ b/mx_proc.c
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ static struct mx_proc_tree_node *mx_proc_tree_find_by_pid(struct mx_proc_tree_no
     if (pid == 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    current = ptn;
-
     for (current = ptn; current; current=current->next) {
         if (current->pinfo.pstat->pid == pid)
             return current;
diff --git a/mxqps.c b/mxqps.c
index 5088edc0..2e956a85 100644
--- a/mxqps.c
+++ b/mxqps.c
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ int mx_proc_tree_node_print_debug(struct mx_proc_tree_node *ptn, int lvl)
     assert(ptn);
 
     struct mx_proc_tree_node *current;
-
-    current = ptn;
-
     long pagesize;
 
     pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);