diff --git a/avocado/utils/remote.py b/avocado/utils/remote.py
index 7e3cd8b43fb1051b5df12edea4de1dd161e7c0c3..423782127b1e5e68c591b7a8bcc3d1ffe9ff9c66 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/remote.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/remote.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Remote(object):
             try:
                 fabric.operations.put(local_path,
                                       remote_path)
-            except ValueError as err:
+            except ValueError:
                 return False
         return True
 
@@ -124,6 +124,6 @@ class Remote(object):
             try:
                 fabric.operations.get(remote_path,
                                       local_path)
-            except ValueError as err:
+            except ValueError:
                 return False
         return True
diff --git a/tests/linuxbuild/linuxbuild.py b/tests/linuxbuild/linuxbuild.py
index 2d7e7cc3fd51e41f608df5e774daa0f9c140efd4..6add2c03ebbda1df1b77d1b0c7fdd60d7bf90d7d 100755
--- a/tests/linuxbuild/linuxbuild.py
+++ b/tests/linuxbuild/linuxbuild.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class linuxbuild(test.Test):
 
     def setup(self):
         kernel_version = self.params.linux_version
-        config_path = tarball_path = self.get_deps_path('config')
+        config_path = self.get_deps_path('config')
         self.linux_build = kernel_build.KernelBuild(kernel_version,
                                                     config_path,
                                                     self.srcdir)