diff --git a/gst/mpegaudioparse/gstmpegaudioparse.c b/gst/mpegaudioparse/gstmpegaudioparse.c
index 1d5d1fac8c..c162513251 100644
--- a/gst/mpegaudioparse/gstmpegaudioparse.c
+++ b/gst/mpegaudioparse/gstmpegaudioparse.c
@@ -1026,7 +1026,6 @@ gst_mp3parse_handle_first_frame (GstMPEGAudioParse * mp3parse)
 
     if (xing_flags & XING_VBR_SCALE_FLAG) {
       mp3parse->xing_vbr_scale = GST_READ_UINT32_BE (data);
-      data += 4;
     } else
       mp3parse->xing_vbr_scale = 0;
 
@@ -1102,7 +1101,6 @@ gst_mp3parse_handle_first_frame (GstMPEGAudioParse * mp3parse)
       data += 2;
 
       seek_frames = GST_READ_UINT16_BE (data);
-      data += 2;
 
       if (scale == 0 || seek_bytes == 0 || seek_bytes > 4 || seek_frames == 0) {
         GST_WARNING_OBJECT (mp3parse, "Unsupported VBRI seek table");
diff --git a/gst/mpegaudioparse/gstxingmux.c b/gst/mpegaudioparse/gstxingmux.c
index 58c0860ba5..9b852f809d 100644
--- a/gst/mpegaudioparse/gstxingmux.c
+++ b/gst/mpegaudioparse/gstxingmux.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ parse_header (guint32 header, guint * ret_size, guint * ret_spf,
     gulong * ret_rate)
 {
   guint length, spf;
-  gulong mode, samplerate, bitrate, layer, channels, padding;
+  gulong samplerate, bitrate, layer, padding;
   gint lsf, mpg25;
 
   if ((header & 0xffe00000) != 0xffe00000) {
@@ -160,14 +160,6 @@ parse_header (guint32 header, guint * ret_size, guint * ret_spf,
     mpg25 = 1;
   }
 
-  if (header & (1 << 20)) {
-    lsf = (header & (1 << 19)) ? 0 : 1;
-    mpg25 = 0;
-  } else {
-    lsf = 1;
-    mpg25 = 1;
-  }
-
   layer = 4 - ((header >> 17) & 0x3);
 
   bitrate = (header >> 12) & 0xF;
@@ -180,9 +172,6 @@ parse_header (guint32 header, guint * ret_size, guint * ret_spf,
 
   padding = (header >> 9) & 0x1;
 
-  mode = (header >> 6) & 0x3;
-  channels = (mode == 3) ? 1 : 2;
-
   switch (layer) {
     case 1:
       length = 4 * ((bitrate * 12) / samplerate + padding);
@@ -601,7 +590,6 @@ gst_xing_mux_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event)
   gboolean result;
 
   xing = GST_XING_MUX (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
-  result = FALSE;
 
   switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
     case GST_EVENT_NEWSEGMENT: