diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 235d39b93c6..f9b4fcdd39c 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,6 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_gethostbyname_ex,PyObject *,self, PyObject *,args)
 	char *name;
 	struct hostent *h;
 	struct sockaddr_in addr;
-	PyObject *addr_list = (PyObject *)NULL;
 #ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R
 	struct hostent hp_allocated;
 	char buf[16384];
@@ -1445,9 +1444,6 @@ BUILD_FUNC_DEF_2(PySocket_gethostbyaddr,PyObject *,self, PyObject *, args)
         struct sockaddr_in addr;
 	char *ip_num;
 	struct hostent *h;
-	PyObject *rtn_tuple = (PyObject *)NULL;
-	PyObject *name_list = (PyObject *)NULL;
-	PyObject *addr_list = (PyObject *)NULL;
 #ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R
 	struct hostent hp_allocated;
 	char buf[16384];