diff --git a/src/Cache.h b/src/Cache.h
index 0da49793995bc5b3e4c600bef4a0e3c7b6a701bf..f5e1cfa08d32434c90407545abba66398adcb9ca 100644
--- a/src/Cache.h
+++ b/src/Cache.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ from_json(const json &j, ReadReceiptKey &key)
 struct DescInfo
 {
         QString event_id;
-        QString username;
         QString userid;
         QString body;
         QString timestamp;
diff --git a/src/Utils.h b/src/Utils.h
index 8cb891cc5b584a6ecbe847dc264efabdb5b6d1cf..007126c3286595f3238d3d90ac025fc28e741f0a 100644
--- a/src/Utils.h
+++ b/src/Utils.h
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ template<class T, class Event>
 DescInfo
 createDescriptionInfo(const Event &event, const QString &localUser, const QString &room_id)
 {
-        using Text  = mtx::events::RoomEvent<mtx::events::msg::Text>;
-        using Emote = mtx::events::RoomEvent<mtx::events::msg::Emote>;
-
         const auto msg    = boost::get<T>(event);
         const auto sender = QString::fromStdString(msg.sender);