diff --git a/file_path_special.c b/file_path_special.c
index 92a2dffb05..93f6992abb 100644
--- a/file_path_special.c
+++ b/file_path_special.c
@@ -318,8 +318,6 @@ void fill_pathname_application_special(char *s, size_t len, enum application_spe
 #ifdef HAVE_MATERIALUI
          {
             char s1[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
-            settings_t *settings     = config_get_ptr();
-
             fill_pathname_application_special(s1,
                   sizeof(s1), APPLICATION_SPECIAL_DIRECTORY_ASSETS_MATERIALUI);
             fill_pathname_slash(s1, sizeof(s1));
@@ -341,7 +339,6 @@ void fill_pathname_application_special(char *s, size_t len, enum application_spe
 #ifdef HAVE_XMB
          {
             char s1[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
-            settings_t *settings     = config_get_ptr();
 
             fill_pathname_application_special(s1, sizeof(s1),
                   APPLICATION_SPECIAL_DIRECTORY_ASSETS_XMB);
diff --git a/menu/drivers/materialui.c b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
index b8786dd877..5ad83937f9 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/materialui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,6 @@ static void mui_font(void)
 {
    menu_display_ctx_font_t font_info;
    char fontpath[PATH_MAX_LENGTH]  = {0};
-   settings_t            *settings = config_get_ptr();
    int                   font_size = menu_display_get_font_size();
 
    fill_pathname_application_special(fontpath, sizeof(fontpath),
diff --git a/menu/drivers/xmb.c b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
index 24b76a749b..ea3034c780 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/xmb.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
@@ -1407,8 +1407,6 @@ static void xmb_context_reset_horizontal_list(
 
 static void xmb_refresh_horizontal_list(xmb_handle_t *xmb)
 {
-   settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
-
    xmb_context_destroy_horizontal_list(xmb);
    if (xmb->horizontal_list)
       file_list_free(xmb->horizontal_list);
@@ -2785,7 +2783,6 @@ static void xmb_context_reset_background(const char *iconpath)
 static void xmb_context_reset(void *data)
 {
    char iconpath[PATH_MAX_LENGTH]  = {0};
-   settings_t *settings            = config_get_ptr();
    xmb_handle_t *xmb               = (xmb_handle_t*)data;
    if (!xmb)
       return;