diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 298f5ad1..48c95d8b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1260,6 +1260,7 @@ Marco Schl
  repeating timer
  for figuring out some obscure length bytes the the CA PMT Reply data of AlphaCrypt CAMs
  for fixing handling OSD areas that have invalid sizes
+ for removing unused variables in skinclassic.c and skinsttng.c
 
 Jürgen Schmitz <j.schmitz@web.de>
  for reporting a bug in displaying the current channel when switching via the SVDRP
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 4cc41bf6..b96f9b93 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4055,3 +4055,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   the lock is lost (based on a patch from Reinhard Nissl).
 - Fixed handling multi byte key sequences in cKbdRemote (based on a patch from
   Jürgen Schneider).
+- Removed unused variables in skinclassic.c and skinsttng.c (thanks to Marco
+  Schlüßler).
diff --git a/skinclassic.c b/skinclassic.c
index fd3ab0b1..18851a8e 100644
--- a/skinclassic.c
+++ b/skinclassic.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skinclassic.c 1.12 2005/05/16 10:45:07 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skinclassic.c 1.13 2006/01/01 14:37:58 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "skinclassic.h"
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ private:
   int x0, x1;
   int y0, y1, y2, y3;
   int lastCurrentWidth;
-  bool message;
 public:
   cSkinClassicDisplayReplay(bool ModeOnly);
   virtual ~cSkinClassicDisplayReplay();
@@ -397,7 +396,6 @@ cSkinClassicDisplayReplay::cSkinClassicDisplayReplay(bool ModeOnly)
   const cFont *font = cFont::GetFont(fontOsd);
   int lineHeight = font->Height();
   lastCurrentWidth = 0;
-  message = false;
   x0 = 0;
   x1 = Setup.OSDWidth;
   y0 = 0;
@@ -467,12 +465,9 @@ void cSkinClassicDisplayReplay::SetMessage(eMessageType Type, const char *Text)
   if (Text) {
      osd->SaveRegion(x0, y2, x1 - 1, y3 - 1);
      osd->DrawText(x0, y2, Text, Theme.Color(clrMessageStatusFg + 2 * Type), Theme.Color(clrMessageStatusBg + 2 * Type), font, x1 - x0, y3 - y2, taCenter);
-     message = true;
      }
-  else {
+  else
      osd->RestoreRegion();
-     message = false;
-     }
 }
 
 void cSkinClassicDisplayReplay::Flush(void)
diff --git a/skinsttng.c b/skinsttng.c
index e7f3d8b8..1e2d8cdc 100644
--- a/skinsttng.c
+++ b/skinsttng.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skinsttng.c 1.15 2005/08/15 11:14:59 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skinsttng.c 1.16 2006/01/01 14:38:14 kls Exp $
  */
 
 // Star Trek: The Next Generation® is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures
@@ -643,7 +643,6 @@ private:
   int y0, y1, y2, y3, y4, y5, y6, y7;
   tColor frameColor;
   int lastCurrentWidth;
-  bool message;
 public:
   cSkinSTTNGDisplayReplay(bool ModeOnly);
   virtual ~cSkinSTTNGDisplayReplay();
@@ -666,7 +665,6 @@ cSkinSTTNGDisplayReplay::cSkinSTTNGDisplayReplay(bool ModeOnly)
   int lineHeight = font->Height();
   frameColor = Theme.Color(clrReplayFrame);
   lastCurrentWidth = 0;
-  message = false;
   cBitmap bm(play_xpm);
   x0 = 0;
   x1 = max(SymbolWidth, bm.Width());
@@ -772,12 +770,9 @@ void cSkinSTTNGDisplayReplay::SetMessage(eMessageType Type, const char *Text)
      osd->SaveRegion(x2, y6, x4 - 1, y7 - 1);
      osd->DrawRectangle(x2, y6, x3 - 1, y7 - 1, Theme.Color(clrBackground));
      osd->DrawText(x3, y6, Text, Theme.Color(clrMessageStatusFg + 2 * Type), Theme.Color(clrMessageStatusBg + 2 * Type), font, x4 - x3, 0, taCenter);
-     message = true;
      }
-  else {
+  else
      osd->RestoreRegion();
-     message = false;
-     }
 }
 
 void cSkinSTTNGDisplayReplay::Flush(void)