diff --git a/runit/runsvdir.c b/runit/runsvdir.c
index 94397bc36..8d25923d4 100644
--- a/runit/runsvdir.c
+++ b/runit/runsvdir.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct service {
 	smallint isgone;
 };
 
-struct service *sv;
+static struct service *sv;
 static char *svdir;
 static int svnum;
 static char *rplog;
diff --git a/runit/sv.c b/runit/sv.c
index c87f565cc..406dc6fc8 100644
--- a/runit/sv.c
+++ b/runit/sv.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static char **service;
 static unsigned rc;
 /* "Bernstein" time format: unix + 0x400000000000000aULL */
 static uint64_t tstart, tnow;
-svstatus_t svstatus;
+static svstatus_t svstatus;
 
 
 static void fatal_cannot(const char *m1) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
diff --git a/scripts/find_stray_common_vars b/scripts/find_stray_common_vars
index 9f26bc7ac..3a25d7a8d 100755
--- a/scripts/find_stray_common_vars
+++ b/scripts/find_stray_common_vars
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Common variables are elusive, they don't show up in size output!
 # This script will show all commons in *.o, sorted by size
 
-find -name '*.o' \
+find ! -path './scripts/*' -a ! -name built-in.o -a -name '*.o' \
 | while read name; do
     b=`basename "$name"`
     nm "$name" | sed "s/^/$b: /"