diff --git a/src/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.js b/src/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.js
index 8162979062..744d75afc8 100644
--- a/src/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.js
+++ b/src/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ ol.parser.ogc.GML_v3 = function(opt_options) {
       var dim = obj.srsDimension ||
           parseInt(node.getAttribute('srsDimension') ||
           node.getAttribute('dimension'), 10) || 2;
-      var j, x, y, z;
+      var x, y, z;
       var numPoints = coords.length / dim;
       var points = new Array(numPoints);
       for (var i = 0, ii = coords.length; i < ii; i += dim) {
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/kml.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/kml.test.js
index 2b13914fef..f6f45cc94b 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/kml.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/kml.test.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.kml', function() {
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
         var p = new ol.parser.KML({maxDepth: 1});
         // we need to supply a callback to get visited NetworkLinks
-        var obj = p.read(xml, function(features) {
+        p.read(xml, function(features) {
           expect(features.length).to.eql(3);
           done();
         });
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.kml', function() {
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
         var p = new ol.parser.KML({maxDepth: 2});
         // we need to supply a callback to get visited NetworkLinks
-        var obj = p.read(xml, function(features) {
+        p.read(xml, function(features) {
           expect(features.length).to.eql(2);
           done();
         });
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.kml', function() {
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
         var p = new ol.parser.KML({maxDepth: 1});
         // we need to supply a callback to get visited NetworkLinks
-        var obj = p.read(xml, function(features) {
+        p.read(xml, function(features) {
           // since maxDepth is 1, we will not get to the second feature
           expect(features.length).to.eql(1);
           done();
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v2.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v2.test.js
index 1364e3d18c..6e707fcf69 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v2.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v2.test.js
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.gml_v2', function() {
     it('Test boundedBy', function() {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/gml_v2/boundedBy.xml';
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
-        var obj = parser.read(xml);
+        parser.read(xml);
         // TODO test bounds on feature
         // see https://github.com/openlayers/ol3/issues/566
       });
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.test.js
index 48ccf1d643..a89de26b70 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/gml_v3.test.js
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.gml_v3', function() {
     it('Read autoConfig', function() {
       var url = 'spec/ol/parser/ogc/xml/gml_v3/topp-states-wfs.xml';
       afterLoadXml(url, function(xml) {
-        var obj = parser.read(xml);
-        var features = obj.features;
+        parser.read(xml);
         expect(parser.featureType).to.eql('states');
         expect(parser.featureNS).to.eql('http://www.openplans.org/topp');
         expect(parser.autoConfig === true).to.be.ok();
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/versioned.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/versioned.test.js
index 1d6173cd4a..ff0d08930c 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/versioned.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/versioned.test.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.test.parser.ogc.Versioned');
 
 describe('ol.parser.ogc.versioned', function() {
 
-  var snippet = '<foo version="2.0.0"></foo>';
-  var snippet2 = '<foo></foo>';
-
   describe('test constructor', function() {
     var parser = new ol.parser.ogc.Versioned({version: '1.0.0'});
     it('new OpenLayers.Format.XML.VersionedOGC returns object', function() {