diff --git a/admin/update_autogen b/admin/update_autogen
index 11c4313ae37..a54c5ace1db 100755
--- a/admin/update_autogen
+++ b/admin/update_autogen
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ info_dir ()
     rm -f $outfile
     cp $basefile $outfile
 
-    local topic file dircat dirent
+    local topic file dircat
 
     ## FIXME inefficient looping.
     for topic in "Texinfo documentation system" "Emacs" "GNU Emacs Lisp" \
@@ -292,8 +292,6 @@ EOF
 
 [ "$autogendir" ] && {
 
-    oldpwd=$PWD
-
     cp $genfiles $autogendir/
 
     cd $autogendir || die "cd error for $autogendir"