diff --git a/src/common/conf_post.h b/src/common/conf_post.h
index 43fa5c54..e5315418 100644
--- a/src/common/conf_post.h
+++ b/src/common/conf_post.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ typedef int mode_t;
 #endif // GMinw only
 
 typedef int pid_t;
-inline int readlink(const char *cp, void *buf, int cnt)
+inline int readlink(const char *, void *, int)
 {
     return -1;
 }
diff --git a/src/common/textsplit.cpp b/src/common/textsplit.cpp
index d8ce798d..d67f6301 100644
--- a/src/common/textsplit.cpp
+++ b/src/common/textsplit.cpp
@@ -577,8 +577,9 @@ bool TextSplit::text_to_words(const string &in)
     int nonalnumcnt = 0;
 
     Utf8Iter it(in);
+#ifdef KATAKANA_AS_WORDS
     int prev_csc = -1;
-
+#endif
     for (; !it.eof(); it++) {
         unsigned int c = *it;
         nonalnumcnt++;
@@ -627,9 +628,9 @@ bool TextSplit::text_to_words(const string &in)
                 return false;
             }
         }
+        prev_csc = csc;
 #endif
 
-        prev_csc = csc;
         char asciirep = 0;
         int cc = whatcc(c, &asciirep);
 
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rclabsfromtext.cpp b/src/rcldb/rclabsfromtext.cpp
index e3fbe332..77e7d914 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rclabsfromtext.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rclabsfromtext.cpp
@@ -344,8 +344,6 @@ int Query::Native::abstractFromText(
     Chrono&
     )
 {
-    Xapian::Database& xrdb(ndb->xrdb);
-
     string rawtext;
     if (!ndb->getRawText(docid, rawtext)) {
         LOGDEB0("abstractFromText: can't fetch text\n");
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rclabstract.cpp b/src/rcldb/rclabstract.cpp
index 8813d13f..eec666c5 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rclabstract.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rclabstract.cpp
@@ -636,7 +636,6 @@ int Query::Native::makeAbstract(Xapian::docid docid,
     }
 
     Rcl::Db::Native *ndb(m_q->m_db->m_ndb);
-    Xapian::Database& xrdb(ndb->xrdb);
 
     // Total number of slots we populate. The 7 is taken as
     // average word size. It was a mistake to have the user max
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rclterms.cpp b/src/rcldb/rclterms.cpp
index 711305d0..d8aeb92a 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rclterms.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rclterms.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ bool Db::Native::idxTermMatch_p(
             Xapian::TermIterator it = xdb.allterms_begin(); 
             if (!is.empty())
                 it.skip_to(is.c_str());
-            for (int rcnt = 0; it != xdb.allterms_end(); it++) {
+            for (; it != xdb.allterms_end(); it++) {
                 const string ixterm{*it};
                 // If we're beyond the terms matching the initial
                 // section, end