diff --git a/src/WINNT/afsd/fs.c b/src/WINNT/afsd/fs.c
index affb9409ef..8423fb98dd 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/afsd/fs.c
+++ b/src/WINNT/afsd/fs.c
@@ -744,7 +744,6 @@ CleanACLCmd(struct cmd_syndesc *as, void *arock)
     struct AclEntry *te;
     int error = 0;
     size_t len;
-    char cell[CELL_MAXNAMELEN];
 
     SetDotDefault(&as->parms[0].items);
     for(ti=as->parms[0].items; ti; ti=ti->next) {
@@ -4951,7 +4950,6 @@ ChModCmd(struct cmd_syndesc *as, void *arock)
     for(ti=as->parms[1].items; ti; ti=ti->next) {
         cm_fid_t fid;
         afs_uint32 filetype;
-	char cell[CELL_MAXNAMELEN];
 
         /* once per file */
         memset(&fid, 0, sizeof(fid));