diff --git a/Source/Modules/perl5.cxx b/Source/Modules/perl5.cxx
index 45ed6f6e4..979f96484 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/perl5.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/perl5.cxx
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "swigmod.h"
 #include "cparse.h"
-static int treduce = SWIG_cparse_template_reduce(0);
-
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 static const char *usage = "\
diff --git a/Source/Modules/python.cxx b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
index a6a81b514..532b15f4f 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/python.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "swigmod.h"
 #include "cparse.h"
-
-static int treduce = SWIG_cparse_template_reduce(0);
-
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/Source/Modules/ruby.cxx b/Source/Modules/ruby.cxx
index d484f7065..4b45b87ca 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/ruby.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/ruby.cxx
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@
 
 #include "swigmod.h"
 #include "cparse.h"
-static int treduce = SWIG_cparse_template_reduce(0);
-
-#define SWIG_PROTECTED_TARGET_METHODS 1
-
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>		/* for INT_MAX */
 
+#define SWIG_PROTECTED_TARGET_METHODS 1
+
 class RClass {
 private:
   String *temp;
diff --git a/Source/Modules/tcl8.cxx b/Source/Modules/tcl8.cxx
index ac356098b..2e32fc808 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/tcl8.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/tcl8.cxx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "swigmod.h"
 #include "cparse.h"
-static int treduce = SWIG_cparse_template_reduce(0);
 
 static const char *usage = "\
 Tcl 8 Options (available with -tcl)\n\