diff --git a/libxerces-c/xercesc/internal/IGXMLScanner.cpp b/libxerces-c/xercesc/internal/IGXMLScanner.cpp
index 0062400..aa344be 100644
--- a/libxerces-c/xercesc/internal/IGXMLScanner.cpp
+++ b/libxerces-c/xercesc/internal/IGXMLScanner.cpp
@@ -1532,7 +1532,6 @@ void IGXMLScanner::scanDocTypeDecl()
             DTDEntityDecl* declDTD = new (fMemoryManager) DTDEntityDecl(gDTDStr, false, fMemoryManager);
             declDTD->setSystemId(sysId);
             declDTD->setIsExternal(true);
-            Janitor<DTDEntityDecl> janDecl(declDTD);
 
             // Mark this one as a throw at end
             reader->setThrowAtEnd(true);
@@ -3095,7 +3094,6 @@ Grammar* IGXMLScanner::loadDTDGrammar(const InputSource& src,
     DTDEntityDecl* declDTD = new (fMemoryManager) DTDEntityDecl(gDTDStr, false, fMemoryManager);
     declDTD->setSystemId(src.getSystemId());
     declDTD->setIsExternal(true);
-    Janitor<DTDEntityDecl> janDecl(declDTD);
 
     // Mark this one as a throw at end
     newReader->setThrowAtEnd(true);