diff --git a/phing/tasks/GuzzlePearPharPackageTask.php b/phing/tasks/GuzzlePearPharPackageTask.php
index c61be19c..f72a6b5d 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/GuzzlePearPharPackageTask.php
+++ b/phing/tasks/GuzzlePearPharPackageTask.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ require_once 'PEAR/Packager.php';
 
 class GuzzlePearPharPackageTask extends Task
 {
-    private $dir;
     private $version;
     private $deploy = true;
     private $makephar = true;
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ class GuzzlePearPharPackageTask extends Task
             //'outputdirectory' => (string) $this->basedir . '/build/pearwork/'
         );
         $pfm = new PEAR_PackageFileManager2();
-        $e = $pfm->setOptions($opts);
+        $pfm->setOptions($opts);
         $pfm->addRole('md', 'doc');
         $pfm->addRole('pem', 'php');
         $pfm->setPackage('Guzzle');
@@ -204,7 +203,6 @@ class GuzzlePearPharPackageTask extends Task
 
     public function createSubPackages()
     {
-        $version = $this->getVersion();
         $this->findComponents();
 
         foreach ($this->subpackages as $package) {
@@ -228,7 +226,7 @@ class GuzzlePearPharPackageTask extends Task
             'packagefile' => 'package.xml'
         );
         $pfm = new PEAR_PackageFileManager2();
-        $e = $pfm->setOptions($opts);
+        $pfm->setOptions($opts);
         $pfm->setPackage($package);
         $pfm->setSummary($info['description']);
         $pfm->setDescription($info['description']);
diff --git a/phing/tasks/GuzzleSubSplitTask.php b/phing/tasks/GuzzleSubSplitTask.php
index 34615d68..5d56a5bd 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/GuzzleSubSplitTask.php
+++ b/phing/tasks/GuzzleSubSplitTask.php
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class GuzzleSubSplitTask extends GitBaseTask
         $cmd = $this->client->getCommand('subsplit');
         $cmd->addArgument('update');
         try {
-            $output = $cmd->execute();
+            $cmd->execute();
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             throw new BuildException('git subsplit update failed'. $e);
         }
diff --git a/src/Guzzle/Http/Message/RequestFactory.php b/src/Guzzle/Http/Message/RequestFactory.php
index 1cad712f..598a2f69 100644
--- a/src/Guzzle/Http/Message/RequestFactory.php
+++ b/src/Guzzle/Http/Message/RequestFactory.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class RequestFactory implements RequestFactoryInterface
     public function cloneRequestWithMethod(RequestInterface $request, $method)
     {
         // Create the request with the same client if possible
-        if ($client = $request->getClient()) {
+        if ($request->getClient()) {
             $cloned = $request->getClient()->createRequest($method, $request->getUrl(), $request->getHeaders());
         } else {
             $cloned = $this->create($method, $request->getUrl(), $request->getHeaders());
diff --git a/src/Guzzle/Stream/PhpStreamRequestFactory.php b/src/Guzzle/Stream/PhpStreamRequestFactory.php
index 91461c64..8b2f0456 100644
--- a/src/Guzzle/Stream/PhpStreamRequestFactory.php
+++ b/src/Guzzle/Stream/PhpStreamRequestFactory.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class PhpStreamRequestFactory implements StreamRequestFactoryInterface
      */
     protected function addSslOptions(RequestInterface $request)
     {
-        if ($verify = $request->getCurlOptions()->get(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER)) {
+        if ($request->getCurlOptions()->get(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER)) {
             $this->setContextValue('ssl', 'verify_peer', true, true);
             if ($cafile = $request->getCurlOptions()->get(CURLOPT_CAINFO)) {
                 $this->setContextValue('ssl', 'cafile', $cafile, true);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class PhpStreamRequestFactory implements StreamRequestFactoryInterface
     {
         // Set the size on the stream if it was returned in the response
         foreach ($this->lastResponseHeaders as $header) {
-            if (($pos = stripos($header, 'Content-Length:')) === 0) {
+            if ((stripos($header, 'Content-Length:')) === 0) {
                 $stream->setSize(trim(substr($header, 15)));
             }
         }