diff --git a/source/cell/rich_text.cpp b/source/cell/rich_text.cpp
index 47fc5b07..d7c0d9d7 100644
--- a/source/cell/rich_text.cpp
+++ b/source/cell/rich_text.cpp
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 namespace xlnt {
 
 rich_text::rich_text(const std::string &plain_text)
-    : rich_text(rich_text_run{plain_text, optional<font>()})
+    : rich_text({plain_text, optional<font>()})
 {
 }
 
 rich_text::rich_text(const std::string &plain_text, const class font &text_font)
-    : rich_text(rich_text_run{plain_text, optional<font>(text_font)})
+    : rich_text({plain_text, optional<font>(text_font)})
 {
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void rich_text::clear()
 void rich_text::plain_text(const std::string &s, bool preserve_space = false)
 {
     clear();
-    add_run(rich_text_run{s, {}, preserve_space});
+    add_run({s, {}, preserve_space});
 }
 
 std::string rich_text::plain_text() const
diff --git a/source/packaging/ext_list.cpp b/source/packaging/ext_list.cpp
index 7bf91274..c33cde2a 100644
--- a/source/packaging/ext_list.cpp
+++ b/source/packaging/ext_list.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ext_list::ext::ext(const uri &ID, const std::string &serialised)
     : extension_ID_(ID), serialised_value_(serialised)
 {}
 
-void ext_list::ext::serialise(xml::serializer &serialiser, const std::string& ns)
+void ext_list::ext::serialise(xml::serializer &serialiser, const std::string&)
 {
     std::istringstream ser(serialised_value_);
     xml::parser p(ser, "", xml::parser::receive_default);