diff --git a/db/db_bench.cc b/db/db_bench.cc
index 727f5afcb..0314a3ea9 100644
--- a/db/db_bench.cc
+++ b/db/db_bench.cc
@@ -814,7 +814,6 @@ class Benchmark {
   int64_t writes_;
   int64_t readwrites_;
   int64_t merge_keys_;
-  int heap_counter_;
   void PrintHeader() {
     PrintEnvironment();
     fprintf(stdout, "Keys:       %d bytes each\n", FLAGS_key_size);
@@ -1011,8 +1010,7 @@ class Benchmark {
     readwrites_((FLAGS_writes < 0  && FLAGS_reads < 0)? FLAGS_num :
                 ((FLAGS_writes > FLAGS_reads) ? FLAGS_writes : FLAGS_reads)
                ),
-    merge_keys_(FLAGS_merge_keys < 0 ? FLAGS_num : FLAGS_merge_keys),
-    heap_counter_(0) {
+    merge_keys_(FLAGS_merge_keys < 0 ? FLAGS_num : FLAGS_merge_keys) {
     if (FLAGS_prefix_size > FLAGS_key_size) {
       fprintf(stderr, "prefix size is larger than key size");
       exit(1);
diff --git a/table/merger.cc b/table/merger.cc
index 7799a0cc4..03d177a6a 100644
--- a/table/merger.cc
+++ b/table/merger.cc
@@ -267,15 +267,14 @@ void MergingIterator::ClearHeaps() {
 }
 }  // namespace
 
-Iterator* NewMergingIterator(Env* const env, const Comparator* cmp,
-                             Iterator** list, int n) {
+Iterator* NewMergingIterator(const Comparator* cmp, Iterator** list, int n) {
   assert(n >= 0);
   if (n == 0) {
     return NewEmptyIterator();
   } else if (n == 1) {
     return list[0];
   } else {
-    return new MergingIterator(env, cmp, list, n);
+    return new MergingIterator(cmp, list, n);
   }
 }