diff --git a/src/core/load-dropin.c b/src/core/load-dropin.c
index 942ad027e..95c4f894c 100644
--- a/src/core/load-dropin.c
+++ b/src/core/load-dropin.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ char **unit_find_dropin_paths(Unit *u) {
 int unit_load_dropin(Unit *u) {
         Iterator i;
         char *t, **f;
-        _cleanup_strv_free_ char **strv = NULL;
         int r;
 
         assert(u);
diff --git a/src/journal/test-catalog.c b/src/journal/test-catalog.c
index 21149f18a..c46303589 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-catalog.c
+++ b/src/journal/test-catalog.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ static const char* database = NULL;
 
 static void test_catalog_update(void) {
         int r;
-        char _cleanup_free_ *path = NULL;
 
         static char name[] = "/tmp/test-catalog.XXXXXX";
         r = mkstemp(name);