diff --git a/bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_mips64/cpp2uno.cxx b/bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_mips64/cpp2uno.cxx
index 068bc55d9fe9..8f510c82ecc6 100644
--- a/bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_mips64/cpp2uno.cxx
+++ b/bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_mips64/cpp2uno.cxx
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ namespace
 
   unsigned char *  codeSnippet( unsigned char * code,
       sal_Int32 functionIndex, sal_Int32 vtableOffset,
-      bool bHasHiddenParam) SAL_THROW(())
+      bool bHasHiddenParam )
   {
 #ifdef BRDEBUG
      fprintf(stderr,"in codeSnippet functionIndex is %d\n", functionIndex);
diff --git a/bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_mips64/uno2cpp.cxx b/bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_mips64/uno2cpp.cxx
index e7cd63fc6fd1..859ffe5b3142 100644
--- a/bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_mips64/uno2cpp.cxx
+++ b/bridges/source/cpp_uno/gcc3_linux_mips64/uno2cpp.cxx
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace
       sal_uInt32 nREG)
   {
     // Should not happen, but...
-    static_assert( MAX_GP_REGS == MAX_FP_REGS );
+    static_assert(MAX_GP_REGS == MAX_FP_REGS, "must be the same size");
     if ( nREG > MAX_GP_REGS )
         nREG = MAX_GP_REGS;
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ namespace
     // return
     typelib_TypeDescription * pReturnTypeDescr = 0;
     TYPELIB_DANGER_GET( &pReturnTypeDescr, pReturnTypeRef );
-    assert( pReturnTypeDescr, "### expected return type description!" );
+    assert(pReturnTypeDescr);
 
     void * pCppReturn = 0; // if != 0 && != pUnoReturn, needs reconversion