diff --git a/arb/dump_file.c b/arb/dump_file.c
index 8a32a216..4a788989 100644
--- a/arb/dump_file.c
+++ b/arb/dump_file.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ int
 arb_dump_file(FILE* stream, const arb_t x)
 {
     int nwrite;
-    char* pos;
     char* data = arb_dump_str(x);
 
     nwrite = fputs(data, stream);
diff --git a/arf/load.c b/arf/load.c
index 019c3f8a..b559ac49 100644
--- a/arf/load.c
+++ b/arf/load.c
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ arf_set_fmpz_2exp_dump(arf_t x, const fmpz_t m, const fmpz_t e) {
 int
 arf_load_str(arf_t x, const char* data)
 {
-    int err = 0;
-
     fmpz_t mantissa, exponent;
     char * e_str;
     char * m_str;
+    int err = 0;
 
     fmpz_init(mantissa);
     fmpz_init(exponent);
diff --git a/mag/dump_file.c b/mag/dump_file.c
index 73041e73..631f82e2 100644
--- a/mag/dump_file.c
+++ b/mag/dump_file.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ int
 mag_dump_file(FILE* stream, const mag_t x)
 {
     int nwrite;
-    char* pos;
     char* data = mag_dump_str(x);
 
     nwrite = fputs(data, stream);