diff --git a/gtsam/base/Vector.cpp b/gtsam/base/Vector.cpp
index 432ae5d77..5367cec09 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/Vector.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/base/Vector.cpp
@@ -42,15 +42,14 @@ namespace gtsam {
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 void odprintf_(const char *format, ostream& stream, ...) {
-	char    buf[4096], *p = buf;
-	int     n;
+	char buf[4096], *p = buf;
 
 	va_list args;
 	va_start(args, stream);
 #ifdef WIN32
-	n = _vsnprintf(p, sizeof buf - 3, format, args); // buf-3 is room for CR/LF/NUL
+	_vsnprintf(p, sizeof buf - 3, format, args); // buf-3 is room for CR/LF/NUL
 #else
-	n = vsnprintf(p, sizeof buf - 3, format, args); // buf-3 is room for CR/LF/NUL
+	vsnprintf(p, sizeof buf - 3, format, args); // buf-3 is room for CR/LF/NUL
 #endif
 	va_end(args);
 
@@ -63,17 +62,15 @@ void odprintf_(const char *format, ostream& stream, ...) {
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 
-void odprintf(const char *format, ...)
-{
-	char    buf[4096], *p = buf;
-	int     n;
+void odprintf(const char *format, ...) {
+	char buf[4096], *p = buf;
 
 	va_list args;
 	va_start(args, format);
 #ifdef WIN32
-	n = _vsnprintf(p, sizeof buf - 3, format, args); // buf-3 is room for CR/LF/NUL
+	_vsnprintf(p, sizeof buf - 3, format, args); // buf-3 is room for CR/LF/NUL
 #else
-	n = vsnprintf(p, sizeof buf - 3, format, args); // buf-3 is room for CR/LF/NUL
+	vsnprintf(p, sizeof buf - 3, format, args); // buf-3 is room for CR/LF/NUL
 #endif
 	va_end(args);
 
@@ -86,11 +83,6 @@ void odprintf(const char *format, ...)
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 Vector Vector_( size_t m, const double* const data) {
-//	Vector v(m);
-//	for (size_t i=0; i<m; ++i)
-//		v(i) = data[i];
-//	return v;
-
   Vector A(m);
   copy(data, data+m, A.data());
   return A;
@@ -133,9 +125,6 @@ Vector repeat(size_t n, double value) {
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 Vector delta(size_t n, size_t i, double value) {
 	return Vector::Unit(n, i) * value;
-//	Vector v = zero(n);
-//	v(i) = value;
-//	return v;
 }
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */