diff --git a/command_event.c b/command_event.c
index 7a425875ab..52aac1790c 100644
--- a/command_event.c
+++ b/command_event.c
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@ static void event_init_controllers(void)
 static void event_deinit_core(bool reinit)
 {
    global_t *global = global_get_ptr();
-   settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
 
    pretro_unload_game();
    pretro_deinit();
@@ -669,7 +668,7 @@ static bool event_init_core(void)
       if (config_load_override())
          global->overrides_active = true;
       else
-         global->overrides_active = false; 
+         global->overrides_active = false; 
    }
 
    pretro_set_environment(rarch_environment_cb);