diff --git a/clutter/clutter-desaturate-effect.c b/clutter/clutter-desaturate-effect.c
index ed613c175..98592cc31 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-desaturate-effect.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-desaturate-effect.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ clutter_desaturate_effect_pre_paint (ClutterEffect *effect)
 {
   ClutterDesaturateEffect *self = CLUTTER_DESATURATE_EFFECT (effect);
   ClutterEffectClass *parent_class;
-  float factor;
 
   if (!clutter_actor_meta_get_enabled (CLUTTER_ACTOR_META (effect)))
     return FALSE;
@@ -144,8 +143,6 @@ clutter_desaturate_effect_pre_paint (ClutterEffect *effect)
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  factor = (float) self->factor;
-
   if (self->shader == COGL_INVALID_HANDLE)
     {
       self->shader = cogl_create_shader (COGL_SHADER_TYPE_FRAGMENT);
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-main.c b/clutter/clutter-main.c
index 3bbe785f7..f6cd904b8 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-main.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-main.c
@@ -2027,12 +2027,10 @@ event_click_count_generate (ClutterEvent *event)
 
   ClutterInputDevice *device = NULL;
   ClutterSettings *settings;
-  ClutterBackend *backend;
   guint double_click_time;
   guint double_click_distance;
 
   settings = clutter_settings_get_default ();
-  backend = clutter_get_default_backend ();
 
   g_object_get (settings,
                 "double-click-distance", &double_click_distance,
@@ -2890,9 +2888,6 @@ void
 clutter_clear_glyph_cache (void)
 {
   CoglPangoFontMap *font_map;
-  ClutterMainContext *context;
-
-  context = _clutter_context_get_default ();
 
   font_map = clutter_context_get_pango_fontmap ();
   cogl_pango_font_map_clear_glyph_cache (font_map);
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-shader-effect.c b/clutter/clutter-shader-effect.c
index e496bc5a3..3a64b0268 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-shader-effect.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-shader-effect.c
@@ -573,14 +573,10 @@ clutter_shader_effect_set_uniform_value (ClutterShaderEffect *effect,
                                          const gchar         *name,
                                          const GValue        *value)
 {
-  ClutterShaderEffectPrivate *priv;
-
   g_return_if_fail (CLUTTER_IS_SHADER_EFFECT (effect));
   g_return_if_fail (name != NULL);
   g_return_if_fail (value != NULL);
 
-  priv = effect->priv;
-
   clutter_shader_effect_add_uniform (effect, name, value);
 }
 
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-state.c b/clutter/clutter-state.c
index 70806bb5b..ffacaffc8 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-state.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-state.c
@@ -994,7 +994,6 @@ clutter_state_set_key (ClutterState  *state,
                        gdouble        pre_delay,
                        gdouble        post_delay)
 {
-  ClutterStatePrivate *priv;
   GParamSpec *pspec;
   ClutterStateKey *state_key;
   State *source_state = NULL;
@@ -1005,8 +1004,6 @@ clutter_state_set_key (ClutterState  *state,
   g_return_val_if_fail (property_name, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (value, NULL);
 
-  priv = state->priv;
-
   pspec = get_property_from_object (object, property_name);
   if (pspec == NULL)
     return state;
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-table-layout.c b/clutter/clutter-table-layout.c
index d3840ab81..4a3910336 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-table-layout.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-table-layout.c
@@ -1060,7 +1060,6 @@ calculate_row_heights (ClutterTableLayout *self,
     {
       ClutterActor *child = l->data;
       ClutterTableChild *meta;
-      DimensionData *row;
       gfloat c_min, c_pref;
       gfloat min_height, pref_height;
       gint start_row, end_row;
@@ -1075,7 +1074,6 @@ calculate_row_heights (ClutterTableLayout *self,
       if (meta->row_span < 2)
         continue;
 
-      row = &rows[meta->row];
       start_row = meta->row;
       end_row = meta->row + meta->row_span - 1;
 
@@ -1101,6 +1099,7 @@ calculate_row_heights (ClutterTableLayout *self,
               priv->visible_rows += 1;
             }
         }
+
       min_height += priv->row_spacing * (meta->row_span - 1);
       pref_height += priv->row_spacing * (meta->row_span - 1);
 
@@ -1390,7 +1389,7 @@ clutter_table_layout_allocate (ClutterLayoutManager   *layout,
   ClutterTableLayoutPrivate *priv = self->priv;
   GList *list, *children;
   gint row_spacing, col_spacing;
-  gint i, table_width, table_height;
+  gint i;
   DimensionData *rows, *columns;
 
   update_row_col (self, container);
@@ -1404,10 +1403,6 @@ clutter_table_layout_allocate (ClutterLayoutManager   *layout,
   col_spacing = (priv->col_spacing);
   row_spacing = (priv->row_spacing);
 
-
-  table_height = (int)(box->y2 - box->y1);
-  table_width = (int)(box->x2 - box->x1);
-
   calculate_table_dimensions (self, container, box->x2 - box->x1, box->y2 - box->y1);
 
   rows = (DimensionData *) priv->rows->data;