diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/ResultSerialization/JsonFormatSerializer.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/ResultSerialization/JsonFormatSerializer.cs
index e9599dd5a..5375f0aea 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/ResultSerialization/JsonFormatSerializer.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/ResultSerialization/JsonFormatSerializer.cs
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Modules.Builtin.ResultSerialization
 
         public string SerializeResults(IBasicResults result)
         {
-            var basicResult = result;
-
             return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
                 result,
                 new JsonSerializerSettings()
diff --git a/Duplicati/Server/Program.cs b/Duplicati/Server/Program.cs
index 97a812d76..9e2c0dae1 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Server/Program.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Server/Program.cs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Server
             try
             {
                 // Setup the log redirect
-                var logscope = Library.Logging.Log.StartScope(Program.LogHandler, null);
+                Library.Logging.Log.StartScope(Program.LogHandler, null);
 
                 if (commandlineOptions.ContainsKey("log-file"))
                 {