diff --git a/api/logic/meta/BaseEntity.cpp b/api/logic/meta/BaseEntity.cpp
index ce0be859..697beb56 100644
--- a/api/logic/meta/BaseEntity.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/meta/BaseEntity.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ public: /* methods */
         auto fname = m_entity->localFilename();
         try
         {
-            m_entity->parse(Json::requireObject(Json::requireDocument(data, fname), fname));
+            auto doc = Json::requireDocument(data, fname);
+            auto obj = Json::requireObject(doc, fname);
+            m_entity->parse(obj);
             return true;
         }
         catch (const Exception &e)
@@ -87,7 +89,9 @@ bool Meta::BaseEntity::loadLocalFile()
     // TODO: check if the file has the expected checksum
     try
     {
-        parse(Json::requireObject(Json::requireDocument(fname, fname), fname));
+        auto doc = Json::requireDocument(fname, fname);
+        auto obj = Json::requireObject(doc, fname);
+        parse(obj);
         return true;
     }
     catch (const Exception &e)
diff --git a/api/logic/minecraft/PackProfile_p.h b/api/logic/minecraft/PackProfile_p.h
index 2f7cc3d7..6cd2a4e5 100644
--- a/api/logic/minecraft/PackProfile_p.h
+++ b/api/logic/minecraft/PackProfile_p.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 class MinecraftInstance;
 using ComponentContainer = QList<ComponentPtr>;
 using ComponentIndex = QMap<QString, ComponentPtr>;
-using ConnectionList = QList<QMetaObject::Connection>;
 
 struct PackProfileData
 {
diff --git a/api/logic/translations/TranslationsModel.cpp b/api/logic/translations/TranslationsModel.cpp
index a5a4fb15..43b3e75f 100644
--- a/api/logic/translations/TranslationsModel.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/translations/TranslationsModel.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ void readIndex(const QString & path, QMap<QString, Language>& languages)
     int index = 1;
     try
     {
-        auto doc = Json::requireObject(Json::requireDocument(data));
+        auto toplevel_doc = Json::requireDocument(data);
+        auto doc = Json::requireObject(toplevel_doc);
         auto file_type = Json::requireString(doc, "file_type");
         if(file_type != "MMC-TRANSLATION-INDEX")
         {