diff --git a/src/protobuf.c b/src/protobuf.c
index dcb1e8fdfebb68355f74a3037b1c19a6a5f99c90..1e66cc3463b7d859103185d27d64d8272da02484 100644
--- a/src/protobuf.c
+++ b/src/protobuf.c
@@ -1024,11 +1024,8 @@ parse_pbf_node_infos (readosm_packed_infos * packed_infos,
     readosm_variant variant;
     unsigned char *base = start;
     readosm_uint32_packed packed_u32;
-    readosm_uint32 *pu32;
     readosm_int32_packed packed_32;
-    readosm_int32 *p32;
     readosm_int64_packed packed_64;
-    readosm_int64 *p64;
     int count;
 
 /* initializing empty packed objects */