diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
index 0395d4d391..3e948a4f5b 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
@@ -584,8 +584,6 @@ void AnimInverseKinematics::solveTargetWithCCD(const AnimContext& context, const
                     }
 
                     glm::vec3 p = target.getPoleVector();
-                    glm::vec3 pProj = p - glm::dot(p, dUnit) * dUnit;
-
                     const float PROJ_VECTOR_LEN = 10.0f;
                     const float POLE_VECTOR_LEN = 100.0f;
                     glm::vec3 midPoint = (basePose.trans() + topPose.trans()) * 0.5f;
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
index 53e3f3ddc0..3f63f226e7 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
@@ -1417,7 +1417,6 @@ glm::vec3 Rig::calculateKneePoleVector(int footJointIndex, int kneeIndex, int up
 
     // form a plane normal to the hips x-axis
     glm::vec3 n = hipsPose.rot() * Vectors::UNIT_X;
-    glm::vec3 y = hipsPose.rot() * Vectors::UNIT_Y;
 
     // project d onto this plane
     glm::vec3 dProj = d - glm::dot(d, n) * n;