diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJSerializer.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJSerializer.cpp
index 99299dcdec..f9ba8e8c84 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJSerializer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJSerializer.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ bool OBJSerializer::parseOBJGroup(OBJTokenizer& tokenizer, const hifi::VariantHa
     FaceGroup faces;
     HFMMesh& mesh = hfmModel.meshes[0];
     mesh.parts.push_back(HFMMeshPart());
-    HFMMeshPart& meshPart = mesh.parts.back();
     bool sawG = false;
     bool result = true;
     int originalFaceCountForDebugging = 0;
diff --git a/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp b/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
index f0eb94a1cf..da20339123 100644
--- a/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
+++ b/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ void vhacd::VHACDUtil::fattenMesh(const HFMMesh& mesh, const glm::mat4& modelOff
         result.vertices << p3; // add the new point to the result mesh
 
         HFMMeshPart newMeshPart;
-        setMeshPartDefaults(newMeshPart, "unknown");
         newMeshPart.triangleIndices << index0 << index1 << index2;
         newMeshPart.triangleIndices << index0 << index3 << index1;
         newMeshPart.triangleIndices << index1 << index3 << index2;