diff --git a/benchmarks/time_forest_partition.cxx b/benchmarks/time_forest_partition.cxx
index 33c02c866e..6130830054 100644
--- a/benchmarks/time_forest_partition.cxx
+++ b/benchmarks/time_forest_partition.cxx
@@ -314,15 +314,17 @@ t8_time_forest_create_cmesh (const char *msh_file, int mesh_dim,
   if (msh_file != NULL) {
     if (use_occ) {
       partition = 0;
-      t8_global_productionf("The cmesh is not partitioned due to the usage of the curved mesh option. \n"
-                            "Timing will not be comparable to non-curved meshes. \n");
+      t8_global_productionf
+        ("The cmesh is not partitioned due to the usage of the curved mesh option. \n"
+         "Timing will not be comparable to non-curved meshes. \n");
     }
     else {
       partition = 1;
     }
     /* Create a cmesh from the given mesh files */
     cmesh =
-      t8_cmesh_from_msh_file ((char *) msh_file, partition, comm, mesh_dim, 0, use_occ);
+      t8_cmesh_from_msh_file ((char *) msh_file, partition, comm, mesh_dim, 0,
+                              use_occ);
   }
   else {
     T8_ASSERT (cmesh_file != NULL);
diff --git a/src/t8_geometry/t8_geometry_implementations/t8_geometry_occ.cxx b/src/t8_geometry/t8_geometry_implementations/t8_geometry_occ.cxx
index 09910442d1..368ff65e18 100644
--- a/src/t8_geometry/t8_geometry_implementations/t8_geometry_occ.cxx
+++ b/src/t8_geometry/t8_geometry_implementations/t8_geometry_occ.cxx
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ t8_geometry_occ::t8_geom_evaluate_occ_hex (t8_cmesh_t cmesh,
                                    active_tree_vertices, ref_coords,
                                    out_coords);
 
-  int                 tree_is_linear = 1;
   const int           num_edges = t8_eclass_num_edges[active_tree_class];
   const int           num_faces = t8_eclass_num_faces[active_tree_class];
   double              interpolated_coords[3],
@@ -214,9 +213,6 @@ t8_geometry_occ::t8_geom_evaluate_occ_hex (t8_cmesh_t cmesh,
       /* Check if only a surface or a curve is present. Abort if both is true. */
       T8_ASSERT (!(edges[i_edge] > 0) != !(edges[i_edge + num_edges] > 0));
 
-      /* tree carries a surface or an edge and is therefore not  */
-      tree_is_linear = 0;
-
       /* Interpolate coordinates between edge vertices. Due to the indices i_edge of the edges, the edges point in
        * direction of ref_coord i_edge / 4. Therefore, we can use ref_coords[i_edge / 4] for the interpolation.              
        *          6 -------E3------- 7