diff --git a/src/min_fire.cpp b/src/min_fire.cpp
index e0cc2437d4..b4b0f14534 100644
--- a/src/min_fire.cpp
+++ b/src/min_fire.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void MinFire::reset_vectors()
 int MinFire::iterate(int maxiter)
 {
   bigint ntimestep;
-  double vmax,vdotf,vdotfall,vdotv,vdotvall,fdotf,fdotfloc,fdotfall;
+  double vmax,vdotf,vdotfall,vdotv,vdotvall,fdotf,fdotfall;
   double scale1,scale2;
   double dtvone,dtv,dtf,dtfm;
   int flag,flagall;
diff --git a/src/min_quickmin.cpp b/src/min_quickmin.cpp
index 62d8267b1d..15563e3c8f 100644
--- a/src/min_quickmin.cpp
+++ b/src/min_quickmin.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void MinQuickMin::reset_vectors()
 int MinQuickMin::iterate(int maxiter)
 {
   bigint ntimestep;
-  double vmax,vdotf,vdotfall,fdotf,fdotfloc,fdotfall,scale;
+  double vmax,vdotf,vdotfall,fdotf,fdotfall,scale;
   double dtvone,dtv,dtf,dtfm;
   int flag,flagall;
 
diff --git a/src/min_sd.cpp b/src/min_sd.cpp
index 8541b0ccdf..627a3b3cf3 100644
--- a/src/min_sd.cpp
+++ b/src/min_sd.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ MinSD::MinSD(LAMMPS *lmp) : MinLineSearch(lmp) {}
 int MinSD::iterate(int maxiter)
 {
   int i,m,n,fail,ntimestep;
-  double fdotf,fdotfloc;
+  double fdotf;
   double *fatom,*hatom;
 
   // initialize working vectors