diff --git a/glib/gmarkup.c b/glib/gmarkup.c
index bb24ec454..7103d4813 100644
--- a/glib/gmarkup.c
+++ b/glib/gmarkup.c
@@ -618,7 +618,6 @@ unescape_gstring_inplace (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
                           GError              **error)
 {
   char mask, *to;
-  int line_num = 1;
   const char *from;
   gboolean normalize_attribute;
 
@@ -642,8 +641,6 @@ unescape_gstring_inplace (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
       *to = *from;
 
       mask |= *to;
-      if (*to == '\n')
-        line_num++;
       if (normalize_attribute && (*to == '\t' || *to == '\n'))
         *to = ' ';
       if (*to == '\r')
@@ -669,7 +666,6 @@ unescape_gstring_inplace (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
                   from++;
                 }
 
-              /* digit is between start and p */
               errno = 0;
               l = strtoul (from, &end, base);