diff --git a/libdm/libdm-config.c b/libdm/libdm-config.c
index 93e28872a..91aa970d7 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-config.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-config.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static struct dm_config_node *_section(struct parser *p, struct dm_config_node *
 {
 	/* IDENTIFIER SECTION_B_CHAR VALUE* SECTION_E_CHAR */
 
-	struct dm_config_node *root, *n, *l = NULL;
+	struct dm_config_node *root, *n;
 	struct dm_config_value *value;
 	char *str;
 
diff --git a/tools/toollib.c b/tools/toollib.c
index 2015ca14b..00512a3a6 100644
--- a/tools/toollib.c
+++ b/tools/toollib.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ struct dm_config_tree *get_cachepolicy_params(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 	const char *str;
 	struct arg_value_group_list *group;
 	struct dm_config_tree *result = NULL, *prev = NULL, *current = NULL;
-	struct dm_config_node *cn, *last = NULL;
+	struct dm_config_node *cn;
 	int ok = 0;
 
 	dm_list_iterate_items(group, &cmd->arg_value_groups) {