diff --git a/lib/socket.c b/lib/socket.c
index 4a42055..b93cd20 100644
--- a/lib/socket.c
+++ b/lib/socket.c
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ iscsi_read_from_socket(struct iscsi_context *iscsi)
 {
 	struct iscsi_in_pdu *in;
 	ssize_t data_size, count;
-	int ret, err = 0;
-	socklen_t err_size = sizeof(err);
 
 	if (iscsi->incoming == NULL) {
 		iscsi->incoming = malloc(sizeof(struct iscsi_in_pdu));