diff --git a/src/librc/librc-daemon.c b/src/librc/librc-daemon.c
index ac72c904..aed37e42 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-daemon.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-daemon.c
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ RC_PIDLIST *rc_find_pids(const char *const *argv, const char *cmd,
 	RC_PID *pi;
 	pid_t p;
 	const char *const *arg;
-	int npids = 0;
 	int match;
 
 	if ((kd = kvm_openfiles(_KVM_PATH, _KVM_PATH,
diff --git a/src/librc/librc.c b/src/librc/librc.c
index df6ab9c0..cb75521f 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ librc_hidden_def(rc_services_in_runlevel)
 RC_STRINGLIST *rc_services_in_state(RC_SERVICE state)
 {
 	RC_STRINGLIST *services;
-	RC_STRINGLIST *list;
+	RC_STRINGLIST *list = NULL;
 	RC_STRINGLIST *dirs;
 	RC_STRING *d;
 	char dir[PATH_MAX];
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ librc_hidden_def(rc_service_delete)
 RC_STRINGLIST *rc_services_scheduled_by(const char *service)
 {
 	RC_STRINGLIST *dirs = ls_dir(RC_SVCDIR "/scheduled", 0);
-	RC_STRINGLIST *list;
+	RC_STRINGLIST *list = NULL;
 	RC_STRING *dir;
 	char file[PATH_MAX];