diff --git a/configuration.c b/configuration.c
index b77935f285..921d3da016 100644
--- a/configuration.c
+++ b/configuration.c
@@ -1991,7 +1991,6 @@ bool config_load_override(void)
    const char *game_name                  = NULL;
    bool should_append                     = false;
    global_t *global                       = global_get_ptr();
-   settings_t *settings                   = config_get_ptr();
    rarch_system_info_t *system            = NULL;
 
    runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_SYSTEM_INFO_GET, &system);
@@ -2422,8 +2421,6 @@ static void save_keybinds_user(config_file_t *conf, unsigned user)
  */
 void config_load(void)
 {
-   settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
-
    /* Flush out some states that could have been 
     * set by core environment variables */
    core_unset_input_descriptors();
@@ -3105,7 +3102,6 @@ void config_clear_active_core_path(void)
 
 const char *config_get_active_path(void)
 {
-   settings_t *settings        = config_get_ptr();
    global_t   *global          = global_get_ptr();
 
    if (!string_is_empty(global->path.config))
diff --git a/dynamic.c b/dynamic.c
index 3b108fda7e..b189d886da 100644
--- a/dynamic.c
+++ b/dynamic.c
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ bool libretro_get_system_info(const char *path,
 
 static void load_dynamic_core(void)
 {
-   settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
    function_t sym       = dylib_proc(NULL, "retro_init");
 
    if (sym)
diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 4122dd06e2..02ba4ce7ab 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -3797,7 +3797,9 @@ static bool menu_displaylist_push_internal(
    }
    else if (string_is_equal(label, msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_MUSIC_TAB)))
    {
+#if 0
       settings_t *settings  = config_get_ptr();
+#endif
 
       menu_displaylist_reset_filebrowser();
       info->type = 42;
@@ -3838,7 +3840,9 @@ static bool menu_displaylist_push_internal(
    }
    else if (string_is_equal(label, msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VIDEO_TAB)))
    {
+#if 0
       settings_t *settings  = config_get_ptr();
+#endif
 
       menu_displaylist_reset_filebrowser();
       info->type = 42;
@@ -3879,7 +3883,9 @@ static bool menu_displaylist_push_internal(
    }
    else if (string_is_equal(label, msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_IMAGES_TAB)))
    {
+#if 0
       settings_t *settings  = config_get_ptr();
+#endif
 
       menu_displaylist_reset_filebrowser();
       info->type = 42;