diff --git a/flawfinder b/flawfinder
index 641b96f..e0704e1 100755
--- a/flawfinder
+++ b/flawfinder
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ sumlines = 0  # Number of lines (total) examined.
 sloc = 0  # Physical SLOC
 starttime = time.time()  # Used to determine analyzed lines/second.
 
-line_beginning = re.compile(r'(?m)^')
-blank_line = re.compile(r'(?m)^\s+$')
-
 
 # Send warning message.  This is written this way to work on
 # Python version 2.5 through Python 3.
@@ -226,10 +223,6 @@ def gnu_diff_get_filename(sLine):
     return None
 
 
-git_splitter = ' b/'
-len_git_splitter = len(git_splitter)
-
-
 def git_diff_get_filename(sLine):
     return diff_git_filename.match(sLine)