diff --git a/src/p_setup.c b/src/p_setup.c
index edde5e701..c08c2ac58 100644
--- a/src/p_setup.c
+++ b/src/p_setup.c
@@ -1459,9 +1459,6 @@ static void P_LoadRawSideDefs2(void *data)
 			sd->sector = sec = &sectors[sector_num];
 		}
 
-		// refined to allow colormaps to work as wall textures if invalid as colormaps
-		// but valid as textures.
-
 		sd->sector = sec = &sectors[SHORT(msd->sector)];
 
 		// Colormaps!
diff --git a/src/r_data.c b/src/r_data.c
index c8a648a0f..c2e28fe9f 100644
--- a/src/r_data.c
+++ b/src/r_data.c
@@ -1905,8 +1905,6 @@ extracolormap_t *R_AddColormaps(extracolormap_t *exc_augend, extracolormap_t *ex
 	boolean useAltAlpha, INT16 altAlpha, INT16 altFadeAlpha,
 	boolean lighttable)
 {
-	extracolormap_t *exc;
-
 	// exc_augend is added (or subtracted) onto by exc_addend
 	// In Rennaisance times, the first number was considered the augend, the second number the addend
 	// But since the commutative property was discovered, today they're both called addends!