diff --git a/ctdb/tests/local_daemons.sh b/ctdb/tests/local_daemons.sh
index aecf78590b3..4934783ff9a 100755
--- a/ctdb/tests/local_daemons.sh
+++ b/ctdb/tests/local_daemons.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export TEST_SCRIPTS_DIR="${CTDB_TEST_DIR}/scripts"
 # to be correctly set so setup_ctdb_base() finds the etc-ctdb/
 # subdirectory and the test event script is correctly installed, so
 # fix it.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 TEST_SUBDIR="$CTDB_TEST_DIR"
 
 if ! $CTDB_TESTS_ARE_INSTALLED ; then
diff --git a/ctdb/tests/run_tests.sh b/ctdb/tests/run_tests.sh
index faaac10ad61..e0e399ca9fa 100755
--- a/ctdb/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/ctdb/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ ctdb_test_run ()
 tests_total=0
 tests_passed=0
 tests_failed=0
-summary=""
 
 if ! type mktemp >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     # Not perfect, but it will do...