--- a/mercurial/minirst.py	Mon Sep 24 14:46:37 2018 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/minirst.py	Thu Jan 17 09:17:12 2019 -0800
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@
 
 def parse(text, indent=0, keep=None, admonitions=None):
     """Parse text into a list of blocks"""
-    pruned = []
     blocks = findblocks(text)
     for b in blocks:
         b['indent'] += indent
@@ -736,7 +735,6 @@
     '''return a list of (section path, nesting level, blocks) tuples'''
     nest = ""
     names = ()
-    level = 0
     secs = []
 
     def getname(b):