diff --git a/src/builtin_string.cpp b/src/builtin_string.cpp
index 01f079517..7ef17c8b9 100644
--- a/src/builtin_string.cpp
+++ b/src/builtin_string.cpp
@@ -1138,7 +1138,6 @@ static int string_repeat(parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams, int argc, wcha
     int retval = parse_opts(&opts, &optind, 0, argc, argv, parser, streams);
     if (retval != STATUS_CMD_OK) return retval;
 
-    const wchar_t *to_repeat;
     bool is_empty = true;
 
     arg_iterator_t aiter(argv, optind, streams);
diff --git a/src/history.cpp b/src/history.cpp
index 922eb88c7..9673e88e9 100644
--- a/src/history.cpp
+++ b/src/history.cpp
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ history_t &history_t::history_with_name(const wcstring &name) {
 }
 
 history_t::history_t(wcstring pname)
-    : name(std::move(pname)), boundary_timestamp(time(NULL)), history_file_id(kInvalidFileID) {}
+    : name(std::move(pname)), history_file_id(kInvalidFileID), boundary_timestamp(time(NULL)) {}
 
 history_t::~history_t() = default;