diff --git a/src/core/http/requestparser.cpp b/src/core/http/requestparser.cpp
index 4a766a900..8c20df0d2 100644
--- a/src/core/http/requestparser.cpp
+++ b/src/core/http/requestparser.cpp
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@ RequestParser::ErrorCode RequestParser::parseHttpRequest(const QByteArray& data,
     }
 
     // Parse HTTP request message
-    int content_length = 0;
     if (m_request.headers.contains("content-length")) {
-        content_length = m_request.headers["content-length"].toInt();
+        int content_length = m_request.headers["content-length"].toInt();
         if (content_length > static_cast<int>(m_maxContentLength)) {
             qWarning() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "bad request: message too long";
             return BadRequest;
diff --git a/src/core/utils/misc.cpp b/src/core/utils/misc.cpp
index 89f21dae2..77c98c57c 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/utils/misc.cpp
@@ -145,9 +145,7 @@ void Utils::Misc::shutdownComputer(ShutdownAction action)
     AppleEvent eventReply = {typeNull, NULL};
     AppleEvent appleEventToSend = {typeNull, NULL};
 
-    OSStatus error = noErr;
-
-    error = AECreateDesc(typeProcessSerialNumber, &kPSNOfSystemProcess,
+    OSStatus error = AECreateDesc(typeProcessSerialNumber, &kPSNOfSystemProcess,
                          sizeof(kPSNOfSystemProcess), &targetDesc);
 
     if (error != noErr)
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/rssfeed.cpp b/src/gui/rss/rssfeed.cpp
index b0e7df0d0..b7ae8a8db 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/rssfeed.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/rssfeed.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ void RssFeed::loadItemsFromDisk()
 }
 
 void RssFeed::addArticle(const RssArticlePtr& article) {
-  int lbIndex = -1;
   int max_articles = Preferences::instance()->getRSSMaxArticlesPerFeed();
 
   if (!m_articles.contains(article->guid())) {
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ void RssFeed::addArticle(const RssArticlePtr& article) {
     // Insertion sort
     RssArticleList::Iterator lowerBound = qLowerBound(m_articlesByDate.begin(), m_articlesByDate.end(), article, rssArticleDateRecentThan);
     m_articlesByDate.insert(lowerBound, article);
-    lbIndex = m_articlesByDate.indexOf(article);
+    int lbIndex = m_articlesByDate.indexOf(article);
     if (m_articlesByDate.size() > max_articles) {
       RssArticlePtr oldestArticle = m_articlesByDate.takeLast();
       m_articles.remove(oldestArticle->guid());