diff --git a/src/build/makedep.py b/src/build/makedep.py
index 19f7924107c..1c651c9cc33 100644
--- a/src/build/makedep.py
+++ b/src/build/makedep.py
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ def parse_lua_file(srcfile):
     except IOError:
         sys.stderr.write("Unable to open source file '%s'\n" % srcfile)
         return 1
-    in_comment = 0
-    linenum = 0
     for line in fp.readlines():
         content = line.strip()
         if len(content)>0: