diff --git a/libwindow-settings/wm-exec.c b/libwindow-settings/wm-exec.c
index f8d9356bf..ba771c1a0 100644
--- a/libwindow-settings/wm-exec.c
+++ b/libwindow-settings/wm-exec.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ gboolean
 wm_is_running (void)
 {
         gboolean result;
-        guint old_mask;
         XWindowAttributes attrs;
         
 	gdk_error_trap_push ();
diff --git a/libwindow-settings/wm-list.c b/libwindow-settings/wm-list.c
index 68fff2acd..c39643e19 100644
--- a/libwindow-settings/wm-list.c
+++ b/libwindow-settings/wm-list.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ wm_compare (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
         const WindowManager *wm_a = (const WindowManager *)a;
         const WindowManager *wm_b = (const WindowManager *)b;
 
-        return g_strcasecmp (gnome_desktop_item_get_string (wm_a->dentry, GNOME_DESKTOP_ITEM_NAME), gnome_desktop_item_get_string (wm_b->dentry, GNOME_DESKTOP_ITEM_NAME));
+	return g_ascii_strcasecmp (gnome_desktop_item_get_string (wm_a->dentry, GNOME_DESKTOP_ITEM_NAME), gnome_desktop_item_get_string (wm_b->dentry, GNOME_DESKTOP_ITEM_NAME));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ xml_read_bool (xmlNodePtr node)
 
 	text = xmlNodeGetContent (node);
 
-	if (!g_strcasecmp (text, "true")) 
+	if (!g_ascii_strcasecmp (text, "true")) 
 		return TRUE;
 	else
 		return FALSE;