diff --git a/src/lib66/tree_sethome.c b/src/lib66/tree_sethome.c
index 7f4e1d0a06abb309d6c2c95139d3d975f9b34478..86e98de0f453281407edd24de73ad66c24d7476f 100644
--- a/src/lib66/tree_sethome.c
+++ b/src/lib66/tree_sethome.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ int tree_sethome(ssexec_t *info)
     log_flow() ;
 
     char const *base = info->base.s ;
-    uid_t owner = info->owner ;
 
     int r ;
 
diff --git a/src/lib66/tree_switch_current.c b/src/lib66/tree_switch_current.c
index 249191aa76248d7fc5f86824d244ddf1d7efd190..04dbd2aa2caee7b2d0ccb94d4b467ee190af57e9 100644
--- a/src/lib66/tree_switch_current.c
+++ b/src/lib66/tree_switch_current.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ int tree_switch_current(char const *base, char const *treename)
 {
     log_flow() ;
 
-    ssize_t r ;
-    size_t baselen = strlen(base), treelen = strlen(treename) ;
     resolve_tree_master_t mres = RESOLVE_TREE_MASTER_ZERO ;
     resolve_wrapper_t_ref wres = resolve_set_struct(DATA_TREE_MASTER, &mres) ;