diff --git a/Source/Swig/scanner.c b/Source/Swig/scanner.c
index 52e21dc0a..ed2d43b51 100644
--- a/Source/Swig/scanner.c
+++ b/Source/Swig/scanner.c
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ void Scanner_skip_line(Scanner * s) {
     if ((c = nextchar(s)) == 0)
       return;
     if (c == '\\') {
-      c = nextchar(s);
+      nextchar(s);
     } else if (c == '\n') {
       done = 1;
     }
diff --git a/Source/Swig/stype.c b/Source/Swig/stype.c
index 8dc189725..fcaf54093 100644
--- a/Source/Swig/stype.c
+++ b/Source/Swig/stype.c
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ SwigType *SwigType_ltype(const SwigType *s) {
       if (td && (SwigType_isconst(td) || SwigType_isarray(td) || SwigType_isreference(td))) {
 	/* We need to use the typedef type */
 	Delete(tt);
-	tt = td;
 	break;
       } else if (td) {
 	Delete(tt);