diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index ae536a78d16..56e5b717a61 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -2617,9 +2617,8 @@ int
 PyObject_IsSubclass(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls)
 {
 	static PyObject *name = NULL;
-	PyObject *t, *v, *tb;
 	PyObject *checker;
-	
+
 	if (PyTuple_Check(cls)) {
 		Py_ssize_t i;
 		Py_ssize_t n;