diff --git a/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_UE.c b/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_UE.c
index ef4bbbeb1a088104de8d20e9045d2d10f4cf1f2f..7da26897e8dc52f16be33892ae98ee1ed3222d56 100644
--- a/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_UE.c
+++ b/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_UE.c
@@ -704,6 +704,10 @@ rrc_ue_establish_drb(
   // add descriptor from RRC PDU
 #ifdef PDCP_USE_NETLINK
   int oip_ifup=0,ip_addr_offset3=0,ip_addr_offset4=0;
+  /* avoid gcc warnings */
+  (void)oip_ifup;
+  (void)ip_addr_offset3;
+  (void)ip_addr_offset4;
 #endif
 
   LOG_I(RRC,"[UE %d] Frame %d: processing RRCConnectionReconfiguration: reconfiguring DRB %ld/LCID %d\n",
diff --git a/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_eNB.c b/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_eNB.c
index 657b8cba02623d091163a9774e1cf31fa4f76dd3..4c8e3d9d63cc7ede1f217688eb97158f4cad67db 100644
--- a/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_eNB.c
+++ b/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_eNB.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ rrc_eNB_generate_defaultRRCConnectionReconfiguration(
   struct DRB_ToAddMod                *DRB_config                       = NULL;
   struct RLC_Config                  *DRB_rlc_config                   = NULL;
   struct PDCP_Config                 *DRB_pdcp_config                  = NULL;
-  //struct PDCP_Config__rlc_AM         *PDCP_rlc_AM                      = NULL;
+  struct PDCP_Config__rlc_AM         *PDCP_rlc_AM                      = NULL;
   struct PDCP_Config__rlc_UM         *PDCP_rlc_UM                      = NULL;
   struct LogicalChannelConfig        *DRB_lchan_config                 = NULL;
   struct LogicalChannelConfig__ul_SpecificParameters
@@ -1292,6 +1292,9 @@ rrc_eNB_generate_defaultRRCConnectionReconfiguration(
   DRB_pdcp_config->rlc_AM = NULL;
   DRB_pdcp_config->rlc_UM = NULL;
 
+  /* avoid gcc warnings */
+  (void)PDCP_rlc_AM;
+
 #ifdef RRC_DEFAULT_RAB_IS_AM // EXMIMO_IOT
   PDCP_rlc_AM = CALLOC(1, sizeof(*PDCP_rlc_AM));
   DRB_pdcp_config->rlc_AM = PDCP_rlc_AM;
@@ -3007,6 +3010,10 @@ rrc_eNB_process_RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete(
   int                                 oip_ifup = 0;
   int                                 dest_ip_offset = 0;
   module_id_t                         ue_module_id   = -1;
+  /* avoid gcc warnings */
+  (void)oip_ifup;
+  (void)dest_ip_offset;
+  (void)ue_module_id;
 #endif
 
   uint8_t                            *kRRCenc = NULL;
diff --git a/targets/SIMU/USER/oaisim.c b/targets/SIMU/USER/oaisim.c
index a0dcb7baafc0aa9c04a6ab45954da0a049377b30..d09f61f06a738872df3ffb6c99db8560b6f966c9 100644
--- a/targets/SIMU/USER/oaisim.c
+++ b/targets/SIMU/USER/oaisim.c
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ l2l1_task (void *args_p)
   char *xargv[1];
   //#endif
 
+#undef PRINT_STATS /* this undef is to avoid gcc warnings */
 #define PRINT_STATS
 #ifdef PRINT_STATS
   int len;