diff --git a/lib/libarchive/archive_write_set_compression_compress.c b/lib/libarchive/archive_write_set_compression_compress.c
index fe6b905ee4a5..da44b04f629c 100644
--- a/lib/libarchive/archive_write_set_compression_compress.c
+++ b/lib/libarchive/archive_write_set_compression_compress.c
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ output_code(struct archive_write *a, int ocode)
 	int bits, ret, clear_flg, bit_offset;
 
 	clear_flg = ocode == CLEAR;
-	bits = state->code_len;
 
 	/*
 	 * Since ocode is always >= 8 bits, only need to mask the first
@@ -426,10 +425,9 @@ archive_compressor_compress_finish(struct archive_write *a)
 	ssize_t block_length, target_block_length, bytes_written;
 	int ret;
 	struct private_data *state;
-	unsigned tocopy;
+	size_t tocopy;
 
 	state = (struct private_data *)a->compressor.data;
-	ret = 0;
 	if (a->client_writer == NULL) {
 		archive_set_error(&a->archive, ARCHIVE_ERRNO_PROGRAMMER,
 		    "No write callback is registered?  "