diff --git a/src/c/dcl.c b/src/c/dcl.c
index abf6b7ac73..3c89e75d33 100644
--- a/src/c/dcl.c
+++ b/src/c/dcl.c
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ funchdr(Node *n)
 		n->nname = on;
 		n->type = on->type;
 		n->sym = s;
-		s->oname = n;
 		if(debug['d'])
 			print("forew  var-dcl %S %T\n", n->sym, n->type);
 	}
diff --git a/src/c/go.y b/src/c/go.y
index 9d4433cf9d..50fd4f5684 100644
--- a/src/c/go.y
+++ b/src/c/go.y
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ fntypeh:
 		$$ = functype(N, $3, $5);
 		funcnam($$, nil);
 	}
-/* i dont believe that this form is useful for nothing */
+/* i dont believe that this form is useful for anything */
 |	LFUNC '(' oarg_type_list ')' '.' '(' oarg_type_list ')' fnres
 	{
 		if($3 == N || $3->op == OLIST)