diff --git a/kallithea/controllers/api/api.py b/kallithea/controllers/api/api.py
--- a/kallithea/controllers/api/api.py
+++ b/kallithea/controllers/api/api.py
@@ -1143,7 +1143,6 @@ class ApiController(JSONRPCController):
             if not HasRepoPermissionLevel('read')(repo.repo_name):
                 raise JSONRPCError('repository `%s` does not exist' % (repoid,))
 
-        ret_type = ret_type
         _map = {}
         try:
             _d, _f = ScmModel().get_nodes(repo, revision, root_path,
diff --git a/kallithea/model/repo.py b/kallithea/model/repo.py
--- a/kallithea/model/repo.py
+++ b/kallithea/model/repo.py
@@ -321,8 +321,6 @@ class RepoModel(object):
         fork_of = db.Repository.guess_instance(fork_of)
         repo_group = db.RepoGroup.guess_instance(repo_group)
         try:
-            repo_name = repo_name
-            description = description
             # repo name is just a name of repository
             # while repo_name_full is a full qualified name that is combined
             # with name and path of group
diff --git a/kallithea/model/scm.py b/kallithea/model/scm.py
--- a/kallithea/model/scm.py
+++ b/kallithea/model/scm.py
@@ -451,7 +451,6 @@ class ScmModel(object):
                 content = content.read()
             processed_nodes.append((f_path, content))
 
-        message = message
         committer = user.full_contact
         if not author:
             author = committer
@@ -493,7 +492,6 @@ class ScmModel(object):
         user = db.User.guess_instance(user)
         scm_instance = repo.scm_instance_no_cache()
 
-        message = message
         committer = user.full_contact
         if not author:
             author = committer
@@ -572,7 +570,6 @@ class ScmModel(object):
             content = nodes[f_path].get('content')
             processed_nodes.append((f_path, content))
 
-        message = message
         committer = user.full_contact
         if not author:
             author = committer
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_crawler.py b/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_crawler.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_crawler.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_crawler.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ urllib.request.install_opener(o)
 def _get_repo(proj):
     if isinstance(proj, str):
         repo = vcs.get_repo(os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, proj))
-        proj = proj
     else:
         repo = proj
         proj = repo.name