diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
index 0811dd9918..83c7ba1add 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
@@ -856,7 +856,6 @@ void QPdfEngine::drawRects (const QRectF *rects, int rectCount)
     if (!d->hasPen && !d->hasBrush)
         return;
 
-    QBrush penBrush = d->pen.brush();
     if (d->simplePen || !d->hasPen) {
         // draw strokes natively in this case for better output
         if(!d->simplePen && !d->stroker.matrix.isIdentity())
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
index e85b408db9..df4960e1ad 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
@@ -1138,8 +1138,6 @@ void QTextLayout::draw(QPainter *p, const QPointF &pos, const QVector<FormatRang
     QPainterPath textDoneRegion;
     for (int i = 0; i < selections.size(); ++i) {
         FormatRange selection = selections.at(i);
-        const QBrush bg = selection.format.background();
-
         QPainterPath region;
         region.setFillRule(Qt::WindingFill);