diff --git a/src/common/track_script.c b/src/common/track_script.c
index c26f47ee567714100e90c11c91ae9c934c61a045..9398534aead632b7eb227f759ff487b0a65c89d0 100644
--- a/src/common/track_script.c
+++ b/src/common/track_script.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
+#include "slurm/slurm_errno.h"
+
 #include "src/common/macros.h"
 #include "src/common/xmalloc.h"
 #include "src/common/list.h"
@@ -48,6 +50,14 @@ static pthread_mutex_t flush_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static pthread_cond_t flush_cond = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
 static int flush_cnt = 0;
 
+typedef struct {
+	uint32_t job_id;
+	pid_t cpid;
+	pthread_t tid;
+	pthread_mutex_t timer_mutex;
+	pthread_cond_t timer_cond;
+} track_script_rec_t;
+
 typedef struct {
 	pthread_t tid;
 	int status;
@@ -225,8 +235,7 @@ extern void track_script_fini(void)
 	FREE_NULL_LIST(track_script_thd_list);
 }
 
-extern track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec_add(
-	uint32_t job_id, pid_t cpid, pthread_t tid)
+extern void track_script_rec_add(uint32_t job_id, pid_t cpid, pthread_t tid)
 {
 	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec =
 		xmalloc(sizeof(track_script_rec_t));
@@ -237,8 +246,6 @@ extern track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec_add(
 	slurm_mutex_init(&track_script_rec->timer_mutex);
 	slurm_cond_init(&track_script_rec->timer_cond, NULL);
 	list_append(track_script_thd_list, track_script_rec);
-
-	return track_script_rec;
 }
 
 static int _script_broadcast(void *object, void *key)
diff --git a/src/common/track_script.h b/src/common/track_script.h
index eab616332c40337610dce9c1aa54b94dd878bdf9..55e004bb70248b96c85d1fe389b8876a9b158319 100644
--- a/src/common/track_script.h
+++ b/src/common/track_script.h
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
-typedef struct {
-	uint32_t job_id;
-	pid_t cpid;
-	pthread_t tid;
-	pthread_mutex_t timer_mutex;
-	pthread_cond_t timer_cond;
-} track_script_rec_t;
-
 /* Init track_script system */
 extern void track_script_init(void);
 
@@ -67,10 +59,8 @@ extern void track_script_flush_job(uint32_t job_id);
  * IN cpid - If non-zero this track_script_rec_t will implicitly call
  *           track_script_add
  * IN tid - thread id of thread we are tracking
- * Returns track_script_rec_t
  */
-extern track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec_add(
-	uint32_t job_id, pid_t cpid, pthread_t tid);
+extern void track_script_rec_add(uint32_t job_id, pid_t cpid, pthread_t tid);
 
 /*
  * Signal script thread to end
diff --git a/src/plugins/burst_buffer/datawarp/burst_buffer_datawarp.c b/src/plugins/burst_buffer/datawarp/burst_buffer_datawarp.c
index eda8bf5ceb6b3aadd3b7ef720f4271d7db616efa..6896a8fcb1557ecb02faa90638ae931b015d2db5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/burst_buffer/datawarp/burst_buffer_datawarp.c
+++ b/src/plugins/burst_buffer/datawarp/burst_buffer_datawarp.c
@@ -1574,8 +1574,7 @@ static void *_start_stage_in(void *x)
 	bb_job_t *bb_job;
 	bool get_real_size = false;
 	DEF_TIMERS;
-	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec =
-		track_script_rec_add(stage_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
+	track_script_rec_add(stage_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
 
 	setup_argv   = stage_args->args1;
 	data_in_argv = stage_args->args2;
@@ -1904,8 +1903,7 @@ static void *_start_stage_out(void *x)
 	bb_alloc_t *bb_alloc = NULL;
 	bb_job_t *bb_job = NULL;
 	DEF_TIMERS
-	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec =
-		track_script_rec_add(stage_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
+	track_script_rec_add(stage_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
 
 	data_out_argv = stage_args->args1;
 	post_run_argv = stage_args->args2;
@@ -2165,9 +2163,7 @@ static void *_start_teardown(void *x)
 		NO_LOCK, WRITE_LOCK, NO_LOCK, NO_LOCK, NO_LOCK };
 	DEF_TIMERS;
 	bool hurry;
-	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec =
-		track_script_rec_add(teardown_args->job_id, 0,
-				      pthread_self());
+	track_script_rec_add(teardown_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
 
 	teardown_argv = teardown_args->args1;
 
@@ -4185,8 +4181,7 @@ static void *_start_pre_run(void *x)
 	uint32_t timeout;
 	bool hold_job = false, nodes_ready = false;
 	DEF_TIMERS;
-	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec =
-		track_script_rec_add(pre_run_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
+	track_script_rec_add(pre_run_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
 
 	/* Wait for node boot to complete */
 	while (!nodes_ready) {
@@ -4770,8 +4765,7 @@ static void *_create_persistent(void *x)
 	int i, status = 0;
 	uint32_t timeout;
 	DEF_TIMERS;
-	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec =
-		track_script_rec_add(create_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
+	track_script_rec_add(create_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
 
 	script_argv = xcalloc(20, sizeof(char *));	/* NULL terminated */
 	script_argv[0] = xstrdup("dw_wlm_cli");
@@ -4940,8 +4934,7 @@ static void *_destroy_persistent(void *x)
 	int status = 0;
 	uint32_t timeout;
 	DEF_TIMERS;
-	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec =
-		track_script_rec_add(destroy_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
+	track_script_rec_add(destroy_args->job_id, 0, pthread_self());
 
 	slurm_mutex_lock(&bb_state.bb_mutex);
 	bb_alloc = bb_find_name_rec(destroy_args->name, destroy_args->user_id,
diff --git a/src/slurmctld/job_scheduler.c b/src/slurmctld/job_scheduler.c
index b66c3aa9d9ab82fe540c7aad74049e8b827bf372..87d84a4af4a7be25850b5da717cdd73aa3c97431 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/job_scheduler.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/job_scheduler.c
@@ -3824,7 +3824,6 @@ static void *_run_epilog(void *arg)
 	int i, status, wait_rc;
 	char *argv[2];
 	uint16_t tm;
-	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec;
 
 	argv[0] = epilog_arg->epilog_slurmctld;
 	argv[1] = NULL;
@@ -3842,8 +3841,7 @@ static void *_run_epilog(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	/* Start tracking this new process */
-	track_script_rec = track_script_rec_add(epilog_arg->job_id, cpid,
-						pthread_self());
+	track_script_rec_add(epilog_arg->job_id, cpid, pthread_self());
 
 	/* Prolog and epilog use the same timeout
 	 */
@@ -4276,7 +4274,6 @@ static void *_run_prolog(void *arg)
 	time_t now = time(NULL);
 	uint16_t resume_timeout = slurm_get_resume_timeout();
 	uint16_t tm;
-	track_script_rec_t *track_script_rec;
 
 	lock_slurmctld(config_read_lock);
 	job_id = job_ptr->job_id;
@@ -4310,8 +4307,7 @@ static void *_run_prolog(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	/* Start tracking this new process */
-	track_script_rec = track_script_rec_add(job_ptr->job_id,
-						cpid, pthread_self());
+	track_script_rec_add(job_ptr->job_id, cpid, pthread_self());
 
 	tm = slurm_get_prolog_timeout();
 	while (1) {