diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelLocal.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelLocal.java
index 407700ee3f..32abb6ae6a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelLocal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelLocal.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class ChannelLocal<T> {
      * Returns the initial value of the variable.  By default, it returns
      * {@code null}.  Override it to change the initial value.
      */
-    protected T initialValue(@SuppressWarnings("unused") Channel channel) {
+    protected T initialValue(Channel channel) {
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
index 7b547b7b8a..6dc97527a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.AbstractChannel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelSink;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/ssl/SslHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/ssl/SslHandler.java
index 940953248e..c22bded121 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/ssl/SslHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/ssl/SslHandler.java
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public class SslHandler extends FrameDecoder
      * @deprecated Use {@link #handshake()} instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public ChannelFuture handshake(@SuppressWarnings("unused") Channel channel) {
+    public ChannelFuture handshake(Channel channel) {
         return handshake();
     }
 
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ public class SslHandler extends FrameDecoder
      * @deprecated Use {@link #close()} instead.
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public ChannelFuture close(@SuppressWarnings("unused") Channel channel) {
+    public ChannelFuture close(Channel channel) {
         return close();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/WriteTimeoutHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/WriteTimeoutHandler.java
index 3fe62cf319..63c15f904d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/WriteTimeoutHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/timeout/WriteTimeoutHandler.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class WriteTimeoutHandler extends SimpleChannelDownstreamHandler
         timer.stop();
     }
 
-    protected long getTimeoutMillis(@SuppressWarnings("unused") MessageEvent e) {
+    protected long getTimeoutMillis(MessageEvent e) {
         return timeoutMillis;
     }