diff --git a/ext/kate/Makefile.am b/ext/kate/Makefile.am
index b3c395f963..f4ec50cb03 100644
--- a/ext/kate/Makefile.am
+++ b/ext/kate/Makefile.am
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstkate.la
 
 # sources used to compile this plug-in
 libgstkate_la_SOURCES = gstkate.c gstkatedec.c gstkateenc.c gstkateparse.c gstkatetag.c gstkateutil.c gstkatespu.c
-if USE_TIGER
-libgstkate_la_SOURCES += gstkatetiger.c
-endif
+#if USE_TIGER
+#libgstkate_la_SOURCES += gstkatetiger.c
+#endif
 
 # flags used to compile this plugin
 libgstkate_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGINS_BAD_CFLAGS) $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS) $(TIGER_CFLAGS) $(KATE_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkate.c b/ext/kate/gstkate.c
index 014dd5b705..930d6f5ef2 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkate.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkate.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #include "gstkateenc.h"
 #include "gstkateparse.h"
 #include "gstkatetag.h"
+
+#undef HAVE_TIGER
 #ifdef HAVE_TIGER
 #include "gstkatetiger.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkateenc.c b/ext/kate/gstkateenc.c
index 89500bdec6..ffeedaa8bf 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkateenc.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkateenc.c
@@ -836,9 +836,8 @@ gst_kate_enc_chain_spu (GstKateEnc * ke, GstBuffer * buf)
       }
     }
 #endif
-    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ke, "Encoding %ux%u SPU: (%u bytes) from %f to %f",
-        (guint) kbitmap->width, (guint) kbitmap->height,
-        gst_buffer_get_size (buf), t0, t1);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ke, "Encoding %zux%zu SPU: (%zu bytes) from %f to %f",
+        kbitmap->width, kbitmap->height, gst_buffer_get_size (buf), t0, t1);
 
     ret = kate_encode_set_region (&ke->k, kregion);
     if (G_UNLIKELY (ret < 0)) {
@@ -967,7 +966,7 @@ gst_kate_enc_chain (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstBuffer * buf)
   GstCaps *caps;
   const gchar *mime_type = NULL;
 
-  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ke, "got packet, %u bytes", gst_buffer_get_size (buf));
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ke, "got packet, %zu bytes", gst_buffer_get_size (buf));
 
   /* get the type of the data we're being sent */
   caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (pad);
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkateparse.c b/ext/kate/gstkateparse.c
index 02e5895bf9..52bae27baf 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkateparse.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkateparse.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ gst_kate_parse_parse_packet (GstKateParse * parse, GstBuffer * buf)
 
   size = gst_buffer_extract (buf, 0, header, 1);
 
-  GST_LOG_OBJECT (parse, "Got packet %02x, %u bytes",
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (parse, "Got packet %02x, %zu bytes",
       size ? header[0] : -1, gst_buffer_get_size (buf));
 
   if (size > 0 && header[0] & 0x80) {
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkatespu.c b/ext/kate/gstkatespu.c
index a3336a4219..951ef0f02a 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkatespu.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkatespu.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ gst_kate_spu_decode_command_sequence (GstKateEnc * ke, GstBuffer * buf,
   guint16 sz;
 
   if (!gst_buffer_map (buf, &info, GST_MAP_READ)) {
-    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (ke, (NULL), ("Failed to map buffer"));
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (ke, "Failed to map buffer");
     return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
   }
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ out_of_range:
   {
     gst_buffer_unmap (buf, &info);
     GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (ke, STREAM, DECODE, (NULL),
-        ("Command sequence offset %u is out of range %u",
+        ("Command sequence offset %u is out of range %zu",
             command_sequence_offset, info.size));
     return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
   }
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ gst_kate_spu_decode_spu (GstKateEnc * ke, GstBuffer * buf, kate_region * kr,
   guint16 code;
 
   if (!gst_buffer_map (buf, &info, GST_MAP_READ)) {
-    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (ke, (NULL), ("Failed to map buffer"));
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (ke, "Failed to map buffer");
   }
 
   ptr = info.data;
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ gst_kate_spu_decode_spu (GstKateEnc * ke, GstBuffer * buf, kate_region * kr,
   CHECK (2);
   packet_size = GST_KATE_UINT16_BE (ptr);
   ADVANCE (2);
-  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ke, "packet size %u (GstBuffer size %u)", packet_size,
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ke, "packet size %d (GstBuffer size %zu)", packet_size,
       info.size);
 
   CHECK (2);
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkatetag.c b/ext/kate/gstkatetag.c
index c6df6d67ee..4aa3a4fa3f 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkatetag.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkatetag.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ gst_kate_tag_parse_packet (GstKateParse * parse, GstBuffer * buffer)
   kt = GST_KATE_TAG (parse);
 
   if (!gst_buffer_map (buffer, &info, GST_MAP_READ)) {
-    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (buffer, (NULL), ("Failed to map buffer"));
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (parse, "Failed to map buffer");
     return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
   }
 
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ gst_kate_tag_parse_packet (GstKateParse * parse, GstBuffer * buffer)
     buffer = new_buffer;
 
     if (!gst_buffer_map (buffer, &info, GST_MAP_READWRITE)) {
-      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (buffer, (NULL),
-          ("Failed to map copied buffer READWRITE"));
+      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (parse, "Failed to map copied buffer READWRITE");
       return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
     }
     /* language is at offset 32, 16 bytes, zero terminated */
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkateutil.c b/ext/kate/gstkateutil.c
index 8ebbe91d59..1d373269e7 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkateutil.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkateutil.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ gst_kate_util_decoder_base_chain_kate_packet (GstKateDecoderBase * decoder,
 
   header_size = gst_buffer_extract (buf, 0, header, 1);
 
-  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "got kate packet, %u bytes, type %02x",
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "got kate packet, %zu bytes, type %02x",
       gst_buffer_get_size (buf), header_size == 0 ? -1 : header[0]);
 
   is_header = header_size > 0 && (header[0] & 0x80);