diff --git a/src/nautilus-clipboard.c b/src/nautilus-clipboard.c
index 9c8ec4d4868f51054a356b9e517fbe6768cf0757..03bb7263f0c6907dab2b3d5397d597362cf41bcb 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-clipboard.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-clipboard.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void
 nautilus_clipboard_serialize (GdkContentSerializer *serializer)
 {
     NautilusClipboard *clip;
-    g_autofree gchar *str;
+    g_autofree gchar *str = NULL;
     g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
 
     clip = g_value_get_boxed (gdk_content_serializer_get_value (serializer));
diff --git a/src/nautilus-starred-directory.c b/src/nautilus-starred-directory.c
index 4c26a0eade33894131785bc485f1bf6d1c1abc80..7ab92ece42da8cec3ef8914612a51411812043ea 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-starred-directory.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-starred-directory.c
@@ -210,11 +210,8 @@ static gboolean
 real_contains_file (NautilusDirectory *directory,
                     NautilusFile      *file)
 {
-    NautilusFavoriteDirectory *self;
     g_autofree gchar *uri = NULL;
 
-    self = NAUTILUS_STARRED_DIRECTORY (directory);
-
     uri = nautilus_file_get_uri (file);
 
     return nautilus_tag_manager_file_is_starred (nautilus_tag_manager_get (), uri);