diff --git a/qa/kern/getpid.c b/qa/kern/getpid.c
index ce2f945..3965f53 100644
--- a/qa/kern/getpid.c
+++ b/qa/kern/getpid.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ void
 main(void)
 {
 	int pid;
-	char err[ERRMAX];
 
 	pid = getmainpid(); // this comes from exec() syscall
 
diff --git a/qa/kern/getppid.c b/qa/kern/getppid.c
index e2b76b9..4d92eed 100644
--- a/qa/kern/getppid.c
+++ b/qa/kern/getppid.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ void
 main(void)
 {
 	int ppid;
-	char err[ERRMAX];
 	Waitmsg *w;
 
 	if(rfork(RFPROC) == 0){