diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OFFWriter.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OFFWriter.cc
index f8473feb..15af3e4e 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OFFWriter.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OFFWriter.cc
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ binary_size(BaseExporter& _be, Options _opt) const
 {
   size_t header(0);
   size_t data(0);
-  size_t _3longs(3*sizeof(long));
+
   size_t _3floats(3*sizeof(float));
   size_t _3ui(3*sizeof(unsigned int));
   size_t _4ui(4*sizeof(unsigned int));
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ binary_size(BaseExporter& _be, Options _opt) const
     return 0;
   else
   {
+    size_t _3longs(3*sizeof(long));
+
     header += 11;                             // 'OFF BINARY\n'
     header += _3longs;                        // #V #F #E
     data   += _be.n_vertices() * _3floats;    // vertex data
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.cc
index 5f550492..85ed2ecd 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.cc
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ binary_size(BaseExporter& _be, Options _opt) const
 {
   size_t header(0);
   size_t data(0);
-  size_t _3longs(3*sizeof(long));
   size_t _3floats(3*sizeof(float));
   size_t _3ui(3*sizeof(unsigned int));
   size_t _4ui(4*sizeof(unsigned int));
@@ -544,6 +543,9 @@ binary_size(BaseExporter& _be, Options _opt) const
     return 0;
   else
   {
+
+    size_t _3longs(3*sizeof(long));
+
     header += 11;                             // 'OFF BINARY\n'
     header += _3longs;                        // #V #F #E
     data   += _be.n_vertices() * _3floats;    // vertex data
diff --git a/src/Unittests/unittests_add_face.cc b/src/Unittests/unittests_add_face.cc
index 8f53c82c..4e47f9c9 100644
--- a/src/Unittests/unittests_add_face.cc
+++ b/src/Unittests/unittests_add_face.cc
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ TEST_F(OpenMeshAddFaceTriangleMesh, CreateStrangeConfig) {
 
 
   Mesh::VertexHandle vh[7];
-  Mesh::FaceHandle   fh[4];
 
   //
   //                2 x-----------x 1
diff --git a/src/Unittests/unittests_trimesh_circulator_face_face.cc b/src/Unittests/unittests_trimesh_circulator_face_face.cc
index b8fc1b5c..2b7cb873 100644
--- a/src/Unittests/unittests_trimesh_circulator_face_face.cc
+++ b/src/Unittests/unittests_trimesh_circulator_face_face.cc
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ TEST_F(OpenMeshTrimeshCirculatorFaceFace, FaceFaceIteratorHandleConversion) {
 
   // Get the face via the handle
   Mesh::FaceHandle faceHandle1 = *face_iter;
-  const Mesh::Face& face1 = mesh_.face(faceHandle1);
 
   EXPECT_EQ(1, faceHandle1.idx() ) << "Wrong face handle index when getting from iterator via handle";
 }