diff --git a/lef/lefRead.c b/lef/lefRead.c
index edc44966..eae676fc 100644
--- a/lef/lefRead.c
+++ b/lef/lefRead.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ LefReadGeometry(
 		{
 		    if (is_imported)
 		    {
-			int pNum = DBPlane(curlayer);
+			int pNum = DBPlane(curlayer); /* FIXME unused return value from call to function with no side-effects */
 			SearchContext scx;
 			CellUse	dummy;
 			PlaneType pt;
diff --git a/lef/lefTech.c b/lef/lefTech.c
index ce61487d..36dabcb1 100644
--- a/lef/lefTech.c
+++ b/lef/lefTech.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ LefTechLine(
 
 	    if (newlefl == NULL)
 	    {
-		float oscale = CIFGetOutputScale(1000);
+		float oscale = CIFGetOutputScale(1000); /* FIXME unused return value from call to function with no side-effects */
 
 		newlefl = (lefLayer *)mallocMagic(sizeof(lefLayer));
 		newlefl->refCnt = 0;
diff --git a/lef/lefWrite.c b/lef/lefWrite.c
index 557a3fc8..6d102d1f 100644
--- a/lef/lefWrite.c
+++ b/lef/lefWrite.c
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ lefGetSites(
 
     propvalue = (char *)DBPropGet(def, "LEFsite", &propfound);
     if (propfound)
-	he = HashFind(lefSiteTbl, propvalue);
+	he = HashFind(lefSiteTbl, propvalue); /* FIXME return value not used from call to function with no side-effects (reevaluate this entire func purpose?) */
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -2124,7 +2124,7 @@ lefGetProperties(
 	    while (*psrch != ' ' && *psrch != '\0') psrch++;
 	    if (*psrch == '\0') break;
 	    *psrch = '\0';
-	    he = HashFind(lefPropTbl, key);
+	    he = HashFind(lefPropTbl, key); /* FIXME return value not used from call to function with no side-effects */
 
 	    /* Potentially to do:  Handle INT and REAL types */
 	    /* For now, only STRING properties are handled.  */