diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_md2load.c b/src/hardware/hw_md2load.c
index 1fdfefb9..ff195dda 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_md2load.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_md2load.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ model_t *MD2_LoadModel(const char *fileName, int ztag, boolean useFloat)
 	md2header_t *header;
 
 	size_t fileLen;
+	size_t fileReadLen;
 	int i, j, t;
 
 	size_t namelen;
@@ -284,9 +285,11 @@ model_t *MD2_LoadModel(const char *fileName, int ztag, boolean useFloat)
 
 	// read in file
 	buffer = malloc(fileLen);
-	fread(buffer, fileLen, 1, f);
+	fileReadLen = fread(buffer, fileLen, 1, f);
 	fclose(f);
 
+	(void)fileReadLen; // intentionally ignore return value, per buildbot
+
 	// get pointer to file header
 	header = (md2header_t*)buffer;
 
diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_md3load.c b/src/hardware/hw_md3load.c
index 35c6abf2..53f6034c 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_md3load.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_md3load.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ model_t *MD3_LoadModel(const char *fileName, int ztag, boolean useFloat)
 	model_t *retModel = NULL;
 	md3modelHeader *mdh;
 	long fileLen;
+	long fileReadLen;
 	char *buffer;
 	int surfEnd;
 	int i, t;
@@ -176,9 +177,11 @@ model_t *MD3_LoadModel(const char *fileName, int ztag, boolean useFloat)
 
 	// read in file
 	buffer = malloc(fileLen);
-	fread(buffer, fileLen, 1, f);
+	fileReadLen = fread(buffer, fileLen, 1, f);
 	fclose(f);
 
+	(void)fileReadLen; // intentionally ignore return value, per buildbot
+
 	// get pointer to file header
 	mdh = (md3modelHeader*)buffer;