diff --git a/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp b/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp
index 85155c1c5e6ca718193d5e2e75f644c76fb0df6b..851d7c48980b4142f8805637ec2c2a47584fe0e2 100644
--- a/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp
+++ b/src/display/sp-canvas.cpp
@@ -1750,7 +1750,6 @@ int SPCanvas::handle_motion(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventMotion *event)
     } else {
         if (desktop && desktop->event_context && desktop->xrayMode()) {
             sp_reset_spliter(canvas);
-            Geom::Point prev_orig = canvas->_xray_orig;
             canvas->_xray_orig = desktop->point(true);
             canvas->_xray_orig *= desktop->current_zoom();
             if (!SP_ACTIVE_DOCUMENT->is_yaxisdown()) {
diff --git a/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp b/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
index 86063ea5fcbb67454d28cdc3ed251da69445c9c2..c2a8833aada0968e83149a363ff669df93efc108 100644
--- a/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
@@ -398,9 +398,6 @@ static void insert_text_fallback( Inkscape::XML::Node *repr, SPDocument *origina
             // For round-tripping, xml:space (or 'white-space:pre') must be set.
             repr->setAttribute("xml:space", "preserve");
 
-            Geom::Point text_anchor_point = text->layout.characterAnchorPoint(text->layout.begin());
-            // std::cout << "  text_anchor_point: " << text_anchor_point << std::endl;
-
             double text_x = 0.0;
             double text_y = 0.0;
             sp_repr_get_double(repr, "x", &text_x);
diff --git a/src/helper/geom-pathstroke.cpp b/src/helper/geom-pathstroke.cpp
index 60b1b855a71082002ca66fef83aa0aa27804f517..181c45715a38a4b0bcc2b68b3c49df7018abd049 100644
--- a/src/helper/geom-pathstroke.cpp
+++ b/src/helper/geom-pathstroke.cpp
@@ -392,10 +392,8 @@ void extrapolate_join_internal(join_data jd, int alternative)
     // END TESTING
 
     Geom::Point center1 = circle1.center();
-    Geom::Point center2 = circle2.center();
     double side1 = tang1[Geom::X]*(startPt[Geom::Y]-center1[Geom::Y]) - tang1[Geom::Y]*(startPt[Geom::X]-center1[Geom::X]);
-    // double side2 = tang2[Geom::X]*(  endPt[Geom::Y]-center2[Geom::Y]) - tang2[Geom::Y]*(  endPt[Geom::X]-center2[Geom::X]);
-    // std::cout << "  side1: " << side1 << "  side2: " << side2 << std::endl;
+    // std::cout << "  side1: " << side1 << std::endl;
 
     bool inc_ls = !circle1.center().isFinite();
     bool out_ls = !circle2.center().isFinite();
diff --git a/src/helper/geom-pathvectorsatellites.cpp b/src/helper/geom-pathvectorsatellites.cpp
index 8b4b2d05e348ec242b906714e9d5cf53eb9a4dd5..0e7c4f1384690ffaa289d7a50679d39f0826daa5 100644
--- a/src/helper/geom-pathvectorsatellites.cpp
+++ b/src/helper/geom-pathvectorsatellites.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ void PathVectorSatellites::updateSatelliteType(SatelliteType satellitetype, bool
                 continue;
             }
             if (only_selected) {
-                Geom::Point satellite_point = _pathvector[i].pointAt(j);
                 if (_satellites[i][j].selected) {
                     _satellites[i][j].satellite_type = satellitetype;
                 }
diff --git a/src/live_effects/lpe-bspline.cpp b/src/live_effects/lpe-bspline.cpp
index 1f5c1584fa1db3e421aa584d0713f37e484f5e57..fa42189a3ad16d6cdd567cf78b7f897e965eb4b7 100644
--- a/src/live_effects/lpe-bspline.cpp
+++ b/src/live_effects/lpe-bspline.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void sp_bspline_do_effect(SPCurve *curve, double helper_size, Geom::PathVector &
         if (path_it.closed()) {
             curve_n->closepath_current();
         }
-        curve->append(curve_n, false);
+        curve->append(*curve_n, false);
         curve_n->reset();
         delete curve_n;
     }
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ void LPEBSpline::doBSplineFromWidget(SPCurve *curve, double weight_ammount)
         if (path_it.closed()) {
             curve_n->closepath_current();
         }
-        curve->append(curve_n, false);
+        curve->append(*curve_n, false);
         curve_n->reset();
         delete curve_n;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/units.cpp b/src/util/units.cpp
index bf41d0567691a7a3a89539a7d7c3b73fe591c286..d88ff91c5c3af67452d4d7b4674edb13fdebda74 100644
--- a/src/util/units.cpp
+++ b/src/util/units.cpp
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ enum UnitCode {
 };
 
 // TODO: convert to constexpr in C++11, so that the above constants can be eliminated
-inline unsigned make_unit_code(char a, char b) {
-    // this should work without the casts, but let's be 100% sure
-    // also ensure that the codes are in lowercase
-    return MAKE_UNIT_CODE(a,b);
-}
 inline unsigned make_unit_code(char const *str) {
     if (!str || str[0] == 0) return 0;
     return MAKE_UNIT_CODE(str[0], str[1]);