diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/el/parser/AstFunction.java b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/el/parser/AstFunction.java
index 3dca551c..04550574 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/el/parser/AstFunction.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/el/parser/AstFunction.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public Class getType(EvaluationContext ctx) throws ELException {
      * Find the object associated with the given name. Return null if the there is no such object.
      */
     private Object findValue(EvaluationContext ctx, String name) {
-        Object value;
         // First check if this is a Lambda argument
         if (ctx.isLambdaArgument(name)) {
             return ctx.getLambdaArgument(name);
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/el/util/ReflectionUtil.java b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/el/util/ReflectionUtil.java
index 8458a4e4..ec489e1e 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/el/util/ReflectionUtil.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/el/util/ReflectionUtil.java
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ public static String[] toTypeNameArray(Class[] c) {
      */
     public static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(Object base, Object property) throws ELException, PropertyNotFoundException {
         String name = ELSupport.coerceToString(property);
-        PropertyDescriptor p = null;
         try {
             PropertyDescriptor[] desc = Introspector.getBeanInfo(base.getClass()).getPropertyDescriptors();
             for (int i = 0; i < desc.length; i++) {