diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 3e3577d8a9c079..49cfc8a06053d2 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1482,8 +1482,6 @@ void AppendExceptionLine(Environment* env,
   arrow[off + 1] = '\0';
 
   Local<String> arrow_str = String::NewFromUtf8(env->isolate(), arrow);
-  Local<Value> msg;
-  Local<Value> stack;
 
   // Allocation failed, just print it out
   if (arrow_str.IsEmpty() || err_obj.IsEmpty() || !err_obj->IsNativeError())