diff --git a/contractor/processing_chain.cpp b/contractor/processing_chain.cpp
index 15c4e0077..376c8ac89 100644
--- a/contractor/processing_chain.cpp
+++ b/contractor/processing_chain.cpp
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ std::size_t Prepare::WriteContractedGraph(unsigned max_node_id,
     SimpleLogger().Write() << "Building node array";
     StaticGraph<EdgeData>::EdgeIterator edge = 0;
     StaticGraph<EdgeData>::EdgeIterator position = 0;
-    StaticGraph<EdgeData>::EdgeIterator last_edge = edge;
+    StaticGraph<EdgeData>::EdgeIterator last_edge;
 
     // initializing 'first_edge'-field of nodes:
     for (const auto node : osrm::irange(0u, max_used_node_id+1))
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ std::size_t Prepare::WriteContractedGraph(unsigned max_node_id,
 
     // serialize all edges
     SimpleLogger().Write() << "Building edge array";
-    edge = 0;
     int number_of_used_edges = 0;
 
     StaticGraph<EdgeData>::EdgeArrayEntry current_edge;
diff --git a/datastore.cpp b/datastore.cpp
index 0d194992c..60c2754c3 100644
--- a/datastore.cpp
+++ b/datastore.cpp
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ int main(const int argc, const char *argv[])
         // Allocate a memory layout in shared memory, deallocate previous
         SharedMemory *layout_memory =
             SharedMemoryFactory::Get(layout_region, sizeof(SharedDataLayout));
-        SharedDataLayout *shared_layout_ptr = static_cast<SharedDataLayout *>(layout_memory->Ptr());
-        shared_layout_ptr = new (layout_memory->Ptr()) SharedDataLayout();
+        SharedDataLayout *shared_layout_ptr = new (layout_memory->Ptr()) SharedDataLayout();
 
         shared_layout_ptr->SetBlockSize<char>(SharedDataLayout::FILE_INDEX_PATH,
                                               file_index_path.length() + 1);