diff --git a/src/input.cpp b/src/input.cpp
index 9028d4c1e5..4ed825a941 100644
--- a/src/input.cpp
+++ b/src/input.cpp
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ void Input::partition()
 {
   if (narg < 3) error->all(FLERR,"Illegal partition command");
 
-  int yesflag=-1;
+  int yesflag;
   if (strcmp(arg[0],"yes") == 0) yesflag = 1;
   else if (strcmp(arg[0],"no") == 0) yesflag = 0;
   else error->all(FLERR,"Illegal partition command");
diff --git a/src/variable.cpp b/src/variable.cpp
index aaa8237431..9d78631229 100644
--- a/src/variable.cpp
+++ b/src/variable.cpp
@@ -3656,41 +3656,6 @@ double Variable::constant(char *word)
   return 0.0;
 }
 
-/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   read a floating point value from a string
-   generate an error if not a legitimate floating point value
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-double Variable::numeric(char *str)
-{
-  int n = strlen(str);
-  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    if (isdigit(str[i])) continue;
-    if (str[i] == '-' || str[i] == '+' || str[i] == '.') continue;
-    if (str[i] == 'e' || str[i] == 'E') continue;
-    error->all(FLERR,
-               "Expected floating point parameter in variable definition");
-  }
-
-  return atof(str);
-}
-
-/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   read an integer value from a string
-   generate an error if not a legitimate integer value
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-int Variable::inumeric(char *str)
-{
-  int n = strlen(str);
-  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    if (isdigit(str[i]) || str[i] == '-' || str[i] == '+') continue;
-    error->all(FLERR,"Expected integer parameter in variable definition");
-  }
-
-  return atoi(str);
-}
-
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    find next comma in str
    skip commas inside one or more nested parenthesis
diff --git a/src/variable.h b/src/variable.h
index ba7d6c88c0..cf4e76e33e 100644
--- a/src/variable.h
+++ b/src/variable.h
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ class Variable : protected Pointers {
   void atom_vector(char *, Tree **, Tree **, int &);
   int is_constant(char *);
   double constant(char *);
-  double numeric(char *);
-  int inumeric(char *);
   char *find_next_comma(char *);
   void print_tree(Tree *, int);
 };