diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/marker.cc b/gtk2_ardour/marker.cc
index a2ed97b516..22fc535722 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/marker.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/marker.cc
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ Marker::Marker (PublicEditor& ed, ArdourCanvas::Group& parent, guint32 rgba, con
 	Gtk::Label foo;
 	Glib::RefPtr<Pango::Layout> layout = foo.create_pango_layout (X_("Hg")); /* ascender + descender */
 	int width;
-	int height;
-	
+
 	layout->set_font_description (*name_font);
 	Gtkmm2ext::get_ink_pixel_size (layout, width, name_height);
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc b/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
index fc43b4cde7..42572c476b 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
@@ -793,7 +793,6 @@ convert_bgra_to_rgba (guint8 const* src,
 Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf>
 pixbuf_from_ustring(const ustring& name, Pango::FontDescription* font, int clip_width, int clip_height)
 {
-
 	Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> buf = Gdk::Pixbuf::create(Gdk::COLORSPACE_RGB, true, 8, clip_width, clip_height);
 	cairo_surface_t* surface = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, clip_width, clip_height);
 	cairo_t *cr = cairo_create (surface);