diff --git a/parsers/ada.c b/parsers/ada.c
index bbd6792af8..aa018a17f3 100644
--- a/parsers/ada.c
+++ b/parsers/ada.c
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ static adaTokenInfo *adaParse(adaParseMode mode, adaTokenInfo *parent)
            * found, if we didn't just fall through */
           if((pos + i) < lineLen)
           {
-            token = newAdaToken(&line[pos], i, ADA_KIND_LABEL, false, parent);
+            newAdaToken(&line[pos], i, ADA_KIND_LABEL, false, parent);
             skipPast(">>");
             token = NULL;
           }
diff --git a/parsers/asm.c b/parsers/asm.c
index 7aa6009864..11d405018d 100644
--- a/parsers/asm.c
+++ b/parsers/asm.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static void findAsmTags (void)
 		{
 			while (isspace ((int) *cp))
 				++cp;
-			cp = readSymbol (cp, name);
+			readSymbol (cp, name);
 			nameFollows = true;
 		}
 		makeAsmTag (name, operator, labelCandidate, nameFollows, directive,
diff --git a/parsers/itcl.c b/parsers/itcl.c
index 9483e5a3b8..2b64342dd3 100644
--- a/parsers/itcl.c
+++ b/parsers/itcl.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ static int parseClass (tclSubparser *s CTAGS_ATTR_UNUSED, int parentIndex,
 			}
 			else if (token->type == '}')
 			{
-				protection = KEYWORD_NONE;
 				break;
 			}
 			else
diff --git a/parsers/nsis.c b/parsers/nsis.c
index baace02dbc..6e40ca0745 100644
--- a/parsers/nsis.c
+++ b/parsers/nsis.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void findNsisTags (void)
 		else if (lineStartingWith (cp, "sectiongroup", false))
 		{
 			cp += 12;
-			cp = parseSection (cp, name, K_SECTION_GROUP, CORK_NIL, &sectionGroupIndex);
+			parseSection (cp, name, K_SECTION_GROUP, CORK_NIL, &sectionGroupIndex);
 		}
 		else if (lineStartingWith (cp, "sectiongroupend", true))
 		{
@@ -298,19 +298,19 @@ static void findNsisTags (void)
 		else if (lineStartingWith (cp, "section", false))
 		{
 			cp += 7;
-			cp = parseSection (cp, name, K_SECTION, sectionGroupIndex, NULL);
+			parseSection (cp, name, K_SECTION, sectionGroupIndex, NULL);
 		}
 		/* LangString */
 		else if (lineStartingWith (cp, "langstring", false))
 		{
 			cp += 10;
-			cp = parseLangString (cp, name);
+			parseLangString (cp, name);
 		}
 		/* LicenseLangString */
 		else if (lineStartingWith (cp, "licenselangstring", false))
 		{
 			cp += 17;
-			cp = parseLangString (cp, name);
+			parseLangString (cp, name);
 		}
 		/* definitions */
 		else if (lineStartingWith (cp, "!define", false))
diff --git a/parsers/plist.c b/parsers/plist.c
index e051618752..4c1b6fe14f 100644
--- a/parsers/plist.c
+++ b/parsers/plist.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ static void plistFindTagsUnderKey (xmlNode *node,
 	int c;
 
 	queue = stringListNew ();
-	current = node;
 	for (current = node; current; current = current->parent)
 	{
 		if (isCompoundElement (current)
diff --git a/parsers/vim.c b/parsers/vim.c
index 47418fdb80..789743dac5 100644
--- a/parsers/vim.c
+++ b/parsers/vim.c
@@ -623,7 +623,6 @@ static void parseVimBallFile (const unsigned char *line)
 {
 	vString *fname = vStringNew ();
 	const unsigned char *cp;
-	int file_line_count;
 	int i;
 
 	/*
@@ -663,17 +662,13 @@ static void parseVimBallFile (const unsigned char *line)
 			vStringClear (fname);
 		}
 
-		file_line_count = 0;
 		/* Next line should be the line count of the file */
 		line = readVimLine ();
 		if (line == NULL)
 		{
 			goto cleanUp;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			file_line_count = atoi ((const char *) line);
-		}
+		int file_line_count = atoi ((const char *) line);
 
 		/* Read all lines of the file */
 		for (i = 0; i < file_line_count; i++)