diff --git a/src/common/docview.cpp b/src/common/docview.cpp
index c41b1f60ee..9c7b8d1c53 100644
--- a/src/common/docview.cpp
+++ b/src/common/docview.cpp
@@ -1179,7 +1179,6 @@ void wxDocManager::DoOpenMRUFile(unsigned n)
     if ( filename.empty() )
         return;
 
-    wxString errMsg; // must contain exactly one "%s" if non-empty
     if ( wxFile::Exists(filename) )
     {
         // Try to open it but don't give an error if it failed: this could be
diff --git a/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp b/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp
index 84ceb8b97d..cd5a1970c6 100644
--- a/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ void wxGenericDirCtrl::PopulateNode(wxTreeItemId parentId)
 
     wxASSERT(data);
 
-    wxString search,path,filename;
+    wxString path;
 
     wxString dirName(data->m_path);