diff --git a/src/mu-msg-xapian.cc b/src/mu-msg-xapian.cc
index f0d10ce2..4ad644ea 100644
--- a/src/mu-msg-xapian.cc
+++ b/src/mu-msg-xapian.cc
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ unsigned int
 mu_msg_xapian_get_id (MuMsgXapian *row)
 {
 	g_return_val_if_fail (row, NULL);
-	const char *str;
 
 	try {
 		return row->_cursor.get_document().get_docid();
diff --git a/src/mu-store-xapian.cc b/src/mu-store-xapian.cc
index 929003d7..e0fdb37b 100644
--- a/src/mu-store-xapian.cc
+++ b/src/mu-store-xapian.cc
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ mu_store_xapian_store (MuStoreXapian *store, MuMsgGMime *msg)
 	g_return_val_if_fail (msg, MU_ERROR);
 
 	try {
-		const char* body;
 		Xapian::Document newdoc;
 		Xapian::docid id;
 		gboolean commit_now;