diff --git a/Objects/bufferobject.c b/Objects/bufferobject.c
index f6359608cb8..eb02e32db49 100644
--- a/Objects/bufferobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bufferobject.c
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ buffer_concat(PyBufferObject *self, PyObject *other)
 
         if (PyUnicode_Check(other)) {
 		/* XXX HACK */
-		if ( (count = (*pb->bf_getcharbuffer)(other, 0, &ptr2)) < 0 )
+		if ( (count = (*pb->bf_getcharbuffer)(other, 0,
+                                                      (char **)&ptr2)) < 0 )
 			return NULL;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/Objects/moduleobject.c b/Objects/moduleobject.c
index 82eabf1b56d..f1885156ea1 100644
--- a/Objects/moduleobject.c
+++ b/Objects/moduleobject.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ PyModule_GetName(PyObject *m)
 {
 	PyObject *d;
 	PyObject *nameobj;
-	char *s;
 	if (!PyModule_Check(m)) {
 		PyErr_BadArgument();
 		return NULL;