diff --git a/l10ntools/source/helpmerge.cxx b/l10ntools/source/helpmerge.cxx
index 67bc2b856b6b..d650f3b41e28 100644
--- a/l10ntools/source/helpmerge.cxx
+++ b/l10ntools/source/helpmerge.cxx
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ void HelpParser::ProcessHelp( LangHashMap* aLangHM , const ByteString& sCur , Re
     XMLElement*   pXMLElement = NULL;
        PFormEntrys   *pEntrys    = NULL;
     XMLData       *data       = NULL;
-    XMLParentNode *parent     = NULL;
 
     String        sNewdata;
     ByteString sLId;
@@ -615,7 +614,6 @@ void HelpParser::ProcessHelp( LangHashMap* aLangHM , const ByteString& sCur , Re
         }
         if( pXMLElement != NULL )
         {
-            parent  = pXMLElement->GetParent();
             sLId    = pXMLElement->GetOldref();
             pResData->sId     =  sLId;
 
diff --git a/l10ntools/source/merge.cxx b/l10ntools/source/merge.cxx
index ca0ce7e01776..b85a75461926 100644
--- a/l10ntools/source/merge.cxx
+++ b/l10ntools/source/merge.cxx
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ void MergeDataFile::InsertEntry(
 /*****************************************************************************/
 {
     MergeData *pData;
-    BOOL bFound = FALSE;
 
     // uniquify the filename to save memory.
     ByteStringHashMap::const_iterator fit = aFilenames.find (rInFilename);
@@ -425,7 +424,6 @@ void MergeDataFile::InsertEntry(
         aMap.insert( MergeDataHashMap::value_type( sKey, pData ) );
     }
 
-    bFound = FALSE;
     PFormEntrys *pFEntrys = 0;
 
     // search for PFormEntrys