diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
index a5fc2ca5d..5f749d3d3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void MagicSelectionDialog::onEnchantedItemSelected(MyGUI::Widget* _sender)
     {
-        MWWorld::Ptr player = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPlayer().getPlayer();
         MWWorld::Ptr item = *_sender->getUserData<MWWorld::Ptr>();
 
         mParent->onAssignMagicItem (item);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
index 83e158e4a..93ac8299d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         mPtr = actor;
         clearDestinations();
 
-        MWWorld::Ptr player = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPlayer().getPlayer();
-
         for(unsigned int i = 0;i<mPtr.get<ESM::NPC>()->mBase->mTransport.size();i++)
         {
             std::string cellname = mPtr.get<ESM::NPC>()->mBase->mTransport[i].mCellName;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/aiextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/aiextensions.cpp
index b77d61aa5..fac44c08f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/aiextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/aiextensions.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ namespace MWScript
 
                 virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime, unsigned int arg0)
                 {
-                    MWWorld::Ptr ptr = R()(runtime);
 
                     std::string actorID = runtime.getStringLiteral (runtime[0].mInteger);
                     runtime.pop();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/guiextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/guiextensions.cpp
index 4bb10dad5..6c89a0d1c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/guiextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/guiextensions.cpp
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ namespace MWScript
 
                 virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
                 {
-                    InterpreterContext& context =
-                        static_cast<InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
-
-                    MWWorld::Ptr ptr = context.getReference();
-
                     runtime.push (MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->readPressedButton());
                 }
         };
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/miscextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/miscextensions.cpp
index 77dc1deb0..3141f13a2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/miscextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/miscextensions.cpp
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ namespace MWScript
                     InterpreterContext& context =
                         static_cast<InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
 
-                    MWWorld::Ptr ptr = context.getReference();
-
                     context.executeActivation();
                 }
         };