diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b54ce9..3a296c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,2 @@
 *~
 .emacs*
-package.m4
-wordsplit-version.h
-Makefile.am
-Makefile.in
-Makefile
-configure.ac
-configure
diff --git a/wsp.c b/wsp.c
index 6217d5e..8dd7dc9 100644
--- a/wsp.c
+++ b/wsp.c
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ static int
 wsp_runcmd (char **ret, const char *str, size_t len, char **argv, void *closure)
 {
   int i;
-  size_t s = 0;
   char const msg[] = "unknown command: ";
   
   for (i = 0; ; i++)