diff --git a/dirmngr/ks-action.c b/dirmngr/ks-action.c
index 45d0b0b13..c5374a996 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ks-action.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ks-action.c
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ ks_action_help (ctrl_t ctrl, const char *url)
 {
   gpg_error_t err;
   parsed_uri_t parsed_uri;  /* The broken down URI.  */
+#if USE_LDAP
+  char *tmpstr;
+  const char *s;
+#endif
 
   if (!url || !*url)
     {
diff --git a/dirmngr/server.c b/dirmngr/server.c
index 2928a2596..a22a2f45c 100644
--- a/dirmngr/server.c
+++ b/dirmngr/server.c
@@ -2127,6 +2127,9 @@ make_keyserver_item (const char *uri, uri_item_t *r_item)
   gpg_error_t err;
   uri_item_t item;
   char *tmpstr = NULL;
+#if USE_LDAP
+  const char *s;
+#endif
 
   *r_item = NULL;