diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
index 67ca9425b77a6ddf10ba1d7dd29ace715886c1a5..9ce3274f87cb3f2524d1c4d9d59a00b07bf695b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ public class ExperimentApi {
             String modelSlug
     ) {
         User user = securityConfiguration.getUser();
-        Iterable<Experiment> experiments = null;
 
         Iterable<Experiment> myExperiments = experimentRepository.findByCreatedBy(user);
         List<Experiment> expList = Lists.newLinkedList(myExperiments);
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/RequestsApi.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/RequestsApi.java
index 40c97e92a8516737784f1fc4fa3ba577d5843bbe..7192fa80d1a9222c6e983232fab6fa7b54cb996c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/RequestsApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/RequestsApi.java
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public class RequestsApi {
         List<String> variables = new LinkedList<>();
         List<String> groupings = new LinkedList<>();
         List<String> covariables = new LinkedList<>();
-        JsonObject data = new JsonObject();
 
         Gson gson = new Gson();
         JsonObject q = gson.fromJson(gson.toJson(query, Query.class), JsonObject.class);