diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/StripifierT.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/StripifierT.cc
index 44162a86..49780de4 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/StripifierT.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/StripifierT.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ build_strips()
 {
   Strip                           experiments[3];
   typename Mesh::HalfedgeHandle   h[3];
-  size_t                          best_length,length , best_idx;
   FaceHandles                     faces[3];
   typename FaceHandles::iterator  fh_it, fh_end;
   typename Mesh::FaceIter         f_it, f_end=mesh_.faces_end();
@@ -148,8 +147,9 @@ build_strips()
 
 
     // build 3 strips, take best one
-    best_length = 0;
-    best_idx    = 0;
+    size_t best_length = 0;
+    size_t best_idx    = 0;
+    size_t length;
     for (size_t i=0; i<3; ++i)
     {
       build_strip(h[i], experiments[i], faces[i]);
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/conio.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/conio.cc
index be973f77..e1c3bc0a 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/conio.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/conio.cc
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ int getche(void)
 int main (void) 
 { 
    char  msg[] = "press key to continue...";
-   char *ptr   = msg, tmp; 
+   char *ptr   = msg;
 
   while ( !OpenMesh::Utils::kbhit() )
   {
-    tmp = *ptr;
+    char* tmp = *ptr;
     *ptr = islower(tmp) ? toupper(tmp) : tolower(tmp);
     printf("\r%s", msg); fflush(stdout);
     *ptr = (char)tmp;