diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
index 505a67e6ed..250cbf3f1c 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ _bt_update_meta_cleanup_info(Relation rel, TransactionId oldestBtpoXact,
 {
 	Buffer			metabuf;
 	Page			metapg;
-	BTPageOpaque	metaopaque;
 	BTMetaPageData *metad;
 	bool			needsRewrite = false;
 	XLogRecPtr		recptr;
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ _bt_update_meta_cleanup_info(Relation rel, TransactionId oldestBtpoXact,
 	/* read the metapage and check if it needs rewrite */
 	metabuf = _bt_getbuf(rel, BTREE_METAPAGE, BT_READ);
 	metapg = BufferGetPage(metabuf);
-	metaopaque = (BTPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(metapg);
 	metad = BTPageGetMeta(metapg);
 
 	/* outdated version of metapage always needs rewrite */
diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtree.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtree.c
index 06badc90ba..66a66f2dad 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtree.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtree.c
@@ -786,13 +786,11 @@ _bt_vacuum_needs_cleanup(IndexVacuumInfo *info)
 {
 	Buffer			metabuf;
 	Page			metapg;
-	BTPageOpaque	metaopaque;
 	BTMetaPageData *metad;
 	bool			result = false;
 
 	metabuf = _bt_getbuf(info->index, BTREE_METAPAGE, BT_READ);
 	metapg = BufferGetPage(metabuf);
-	metaopaque = (BTPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(metapg);
 	metad = BTPageGetMeta(metapg);
 
 	if (metad->btm_version < BTREE_VERSION)