diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c b/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
index 7aad556a..6bc3120d 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ static int duplicate_references = 0;
 static int count_frames = 0;
 static int error_count = 0;
 static int resample_count = 0;
-static int resample_fails = 0;
 static int then_count = 0;
 static bool after_if = false;
 
@@ -461,24 +460,6 @@ int item_type;
 int item_terminator;
 char item_string[N_ITEM_STRING];
 
-static int ref_sorter(char **a, char **b)
-{
-	int ix;
-
-	REF_HASH_TAB *p1 = (REF_HASH_TAB *)(*a);
-	REF_HASH_TAB *p2 = (REF_HASH_TAB *)(*b);
-
-	ix = strcoll(p1->string, p2->string);
-	if (ix != 0)
-		return ix;
-
-	ix = p1->ph_table - p2->ph_table;
-	if (ix != 0)
-		return ix;
-
-	return p1->ph_mnemonic - p2->ph_mnemonic;
-}
-
 static void error(const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
@@ -1098,7 +1079,6 @@ static int LoadWavefile(FILE *f, const char *fname)
 	int max = 0;
 	int length;
 	int sr1, sr2;
-	int len;
 	int scale_factor = 0;
 
 	fseek(f, 24, SEEK_SET);
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/soundicon.c b/src/libespeak-ng/soundicon.c
index 3d124d80..c6f1ca6b 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/soundicon.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/soundicon.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static espeak_ng_STATUS LoadSoundFile(const char *fname, int index, espeak_ng_ER
 	if ((f = fopen(fname, "rb")) != NULL) {
 		int ix;
 		int header[3];
-		char command[sizeof(fname2)+sizeof(fname2)+40];
 
 		if (fseek(f, 20, SEEK_SET) == -1) {
 			int error = errno;