diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
index 7349527..edd1530 100644
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 array_repr(arrayobject *a)
 {
-	char buf[256], typecode;
+	char typecode;
 	PyObject *s, *v = NULL;
 	Py_ssize_t len;
 
diff --git a/Modules/datetimemodule.c b/Modules/datetimemodule.c
index e03148c..5539659 100644
--- a/Modules/datetimemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/datetimemodule.c
@@ -4006,7 +4006,6 @@
 static PyObject *
 datetime_repr(PyDateTime_DateTime *self)
 {
-	char buffer[1000];
 	const char *type_name = self->ob_type->tp_name;
 	PyObject *baserepr;