diff --git a/examples/application10/exampleappwin.c b/examples/application10/exampleappwin.c
index 7b0dc46575..f1edb4360e 100644
--- a/examples/application10/exampleappwin.c
+++ b/examples/application10/exampleappwin.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ update_lines (ExampleAppWindow *win)
 {
   GtkWidget *tab, *view;
   GtkTextBuffer *buffer;
-  GtkTextIter iter;
   int count;
   gchar *lines;
 
diff --git a/examples/application9/exampleappwin.c b/examples/application9/exampleappwin.c
index 6d6ae980e9..e029c61042 100644
--- a/examples/application9/exampleappwin.c
+++ b/examples/application9/exampleappwin.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ update_lines (ExampleAppWindow *win)
 {
   GtkWidget *tab, *view;
   GtkTextBuffer *buffer;
-  GtkTextIter iter;
   int count;
   gchar *lines;