diff --git a/elks/fs/super.c b/elks/fs/super.c
index 3907395e7..b76ce09b5 100644
--- a/elks/fs/super.c
+++ b/elks/fs/super.c
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ int do_umount(kdev_t dev)
 int sys_umount(char *name)
 {
     struct inode *inode;
-    register struct inode *inodep;
+    struct inode *inodep;
+    struct file_operations *fops;
+    struct super_block *sb;
     kdev_t dev;
     int retval;
 
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ int sys_umount(char *name)
             return -EACCES;
         }
     } else {
-        register struct super_block *sb = inodep->i_sb;
+        sb = inodep->i_sb;
         if (!sb || inodep != sb->s_mounted) {
             iput(inodep);
             return -EINVAL;
@@ -282,7 +284,6 @@ int sys_umount(char *name)
         return -ENXIO;
     }
     if (!(retval = do_umount(dev)) && dev != ROOT_DEV) {
-        register struct file_operations *fops;
         fops = get_blkfops(MAJOR(dev));
         if (fops && fops->release) fops->release(inodep, NULL);
     }
diff --git a/elks/init/main.c b/elks/init/main.c
index a8916e290..8cf8be4f8 100644
--- a/elks/init/main.c
+++ b/elks/init/main.c
@@ -85,36 +85,12 @@ static char * INITPROC root_dev_name(int dev);
 static int INITPROC parse_options(void);
 static void INITPROC finalize_options(void);
 static char * INITPROC option(char *s);
+#endif /* CONFIG_BOOTOPTS */
 
-#endif
-
-static void init_task(void);
 static void INITPROC early_kernel_init(void);
 static void INITPROC kernel_init(void);
 static void INITPROC kernel_banner(seg_t start, seg_t end, seg_t init, seg_t extra);
-
-#if TIMER_TEST
-void testloop(unsigned timer)
-{
-        unsigned long pticks;
-        unsigned int x = timer;
-        int i;
-        static unsigned long a[10];
-
-#if 1
-        get_ptime();
-        for (i=0; i<10; i++)
-            a[i] = get_ptime();
-        for (i=0; i<10; i++)
-            printk("%ld,", a[i]);
-        printk("\n");
-#endif
-        get_ptime();
-        while (x--) asm("nop");
-        pticks = get_ptime();
-        printk("ptime %u: %lk (%lu)\n", timer, pticks, pticks);
-}
-#endif
+static void init_task(void);
 
 /* this procedure called using temp stack then switched, no local vars allowed */
 void start_kernel(void)
@@ -124,19 +100,11 @@ void start_kernel(void)
     task = heap_alloc(max_tasks * sizeof(struct task_struct),
         HEAP_TAG_TASK|HEAP_TAG_CLEAR);
     if (!task) panic("No task mem");
+
     sched_init();               /* set us (the current stack) to be idle task #0*/
     setsp(&task->t_regs.ax);    /* change to idle task stack */
     kernel_init();              /* continue init running on idle task stack */
 
-#if TIMER_TEST
-    /* run tests before 2nd process created for stability */
-    test_ptime_print();
-    testloop(30000);
-    testloop(3000);
-    testloop(300);
-    printk("\n");
-#endif
-
     /* fork and run procedure init_task() as task #1*/
     kfork_proc(init_task);
     wake_up_process(&task[1]);
@@ -146,9 +114,6 @@ void start_kernel(void)
      * The idle task always runs with _gint_count == 1 (switched from user mode syscall)
      */
     while (1) {
-#if TIMER_TEST
-        test_ptime_idle_loop();
-#endif
         schedule();
 #ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_INT0F
         int0F();        /* simulate timer interrupt hooked on IRQ 7 */
diff --git a/elks/kernel/sched.c b/elks/kernel/sched.c
index f13c0414e..979fe21ab 100644
--- a/elks/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/elks/kernel/sched.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void del_from_runqueue(register struct task_struct *p)
     if (!p->next_run || !p->prev_run)
         panic("SCHED(%d): task not on run-queue, state %d", p->pid, p->state);
     if (p == &idle_task)
-        panic("SCHED: trying to sleep idle task");
+        panic("trying to sleep idle task");
 #endif
     (p->next_run->prev_run = p->prev_run)->next_run = p->next_run;
     p->next_run = p->prev_run = NULL;