diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c b/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c
index 36990866..03b32260 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ static int cmd_options_get_signal(const char *cmd,
 		return -1;
 
 	signame = list->data;
-	signum = -1;
-
 	signum = is_numeric(signame, 0) ? atol(signame) :
 		signal_name_to_id(signame);
 
diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/fe-help.c b/src/fe-common/core/fe-help.c
index 23a6e701..6147b5b8 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/fe-help.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/fe-help.c
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ static void show_help(const char *data)
 		if (!header) {
 			printtext(NULL, NULL, MSGLEVEL_CLIENTCRAP,
 				  "Irssi commands:");
-			header = TRUE;
 		}
 
 		if (last->category != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/fe-events.c b/src/fe-common/irc/fe-events.c
index 850174c5..3738c03c 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/fe-events.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/fe-events.c
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ static void event_pong(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *data, const char *nic
 	char *params, *host, *reply;
 
 	g_return_if_fail(data != NULL);
-	if (nick == NULL) nick = server->real_address;
 
 	params = event_get_params(data, 2 | PARAM_FLAG_GETREST, &host, &reply);
 	printformat(server, NULL, MSGLEVEL_CRAP, IRCTXT_PONG, host, reply);
diff --git a/src/irc/core/irc-servers-setup.c b/src/irc/core/irc-servers-setup.c
index f425b587..79026f39 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/irc-servers-setup.c
+++ b/src/irc/core/irc-servers-setup.c
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ static void init_userinfo(void)
 	if (nick == NULL || *nick == '\0') {
 		str = g_getenv("IRCNICK");
 		settings_set_str("nick", str != NULL ? str : user_name);
-
-		nick = settings_get_str("nick");
 	}
 
 	/* host name */