diff --git a/ncat/ncat_posix.c b/ncat/ncat_posix.c
index acd790305..bdf3e6445 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_posix.c
+++ b/ncat/ncat_posix.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void netexec(struct fdinfo *info, char *cmdexec)
     crlf_state = 0;
     for (;;) {
         fd_set fds;
-        int r, n_r, n_w;
+        int r, n_r;
 
         FD_ZERO(&fds);
         FD_SET(info->fd, &fds);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void netexec(struct fdinfo *info, char *cmdexec)
                 n_r = ncat_recv(info, buf, sizeof(buf), &pending);
                 if (n_r <= 0)
                     goto loop_end;
-                n_w = write_loop(child_stdin[1], buf, n_r);
+                write_loop(child_stdin[1], buf, n_r);
             } while (pending);
         }
         if (FD_ISSET(child_stdout[0], &fds)) {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void netexec(struct fdinfo *info, char *cmdexec)
                 if (fix_line_endings((char *) buf, &n_r, &crlf, &crlf_state))
                     wbuf = crlf;
             }
-            n_w = ncat_send(info, wbuf, n_r);
+            ncat_send(info, wbuf, n_r);
             if (crlf != NULL)
                 free(crlf);
         }
diff --git a/ncat/ncat_proxy.c b/ncat/ncat_proxy.c
index 43baf2edf..6c5bd745b 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_proxy.c
+++ b/ncat/ncat_proxy.c
@@ -470,11 +470,11 @@ static int handle_connect(struct socket_buffer *client_sock,
 
     while (!socket_errno() || socket_errno() == EINTR) {
         char buf[DEFAULT_TCP_BUF_LEN];
-        int len, rc, numready;
+        int len, rc;
 
         r = m;
 
-        numready = fselect(maxfd + 1, &r, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        fselect(maxfd + 1, &r, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
         zmem(buf, sizeof(buf));