diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
index e1a111b1ed..4f10ede69d 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
@@ -1600,7 +1600,6 @@ _bt_mark_page_halfdead(Relation rel, Buffer leafbuf, BTStack stack)
 	 * fail in the field, though.
 	 */
 	page = BufferGetPage(topparent);
-	opaque = (BTPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
 
 #ifdef USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
 	itemid = PageGetItemId(page, topoff);
diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtxlog.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtxlog.c
index 4325cbee5b..15be50642f 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtxlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtxlog.c
@@ -590,8 +590,6 @@ btree_xlog_mark_page_halfdead(uint8 info, XLogReaderState *record)
 		BlockNumber rightsib;
 
 		page = (Page) BufferGetPage(buffer);
-		pageop = (BTPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
-
 		poffset = xlrec->poffset;
 
 		nextoffset = OffsetNumberNext(poffset);