diff --git a/src/common/plugrack.c b/src/common/plugrack.c
index 17e39d0f684906762c644384b3210c8d22fc1e4a..2abc4bf73900175c5968d04bac3e32f4cdcc230a 100644
--- a/src/common/plugrack.c
+++ b/src/common/plugrack.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *  any later version.
  *
  *  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give permission 
- *  to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL library under 
+ *  to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL library under
  *  certain conditions as described in each individual source file, and 
  *  distribute linked combinations including the two. You must obey the GNU 
  *  General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than 
diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_api.c b/src/common/slurm_protocol_api.c
index 7eb8cb7cbe688893dfac56d67344531dc69e3dd0..cf234acb70e7460a0beec3d653154d4b05665706 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_api.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_api.c
@@ -1688,7 +1688,6 @@ _send_and_recv_msg(slurm_fd fd, slurm_msg_t *req,
 		   slurm_msg_t *resp, int timeout)
 {
 	int retry = 0;
-	int steps = 0;
 	int rc = 0; 
 	slurm_msg_t_init(resp);