diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c
index 2c62c26..a1c511b 100644
--- a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c
+++ b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.c
@@ -10,31 +10,17 @@
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
 #include "fuse-helper.h"
-#define SHAREFS_MEDIA_RW_ID (1 << 10) - 1 /* owning gid presented to userspace */
-#define SHAREFS_PERM_DIR 0700             /* permission bits for directories presented to userspace */
-#define SHAREFS_PERM_REG 0600             /* permission bits for regular files presented to userspace */
-#define SHAREFS_FORBIDDEN_FLAGS O_DIRECT  /* these open flags are cleared unconditionally */
 
-/* translate_pathname translates a userspace pathname to a relative pathname;
- * the returned address is a constant string or part of pathname, it is never heap allocated. */
-static inline const char *translate_pathname(const char *pathname) {
-    if (pathname == NULL) {
-        errno = EINVAL;
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    while (*pathname == '/')
-        pathname++;
-    if (*pathname == '\0')
-        pathname = ".";
-    return pathname;
-}
-
-#define MUST_TRANSLATE_PATHNAME(pathname)        \
-    do {                                         \
-        pathname = translate_pathname(pathname); \
-        if (pathname == NULL)                    \
-            return -errno;                       \
+/* MUST_TRANSLATE_PATHNAME translates a userspace pathname to a relative pathname;
+ * the resulting address points to a constant string or part of pathname, it is never heap allocated. */
+#define MUST_TRANSLATE_PATHNAME(pathname) \
+    do {                                  \
+        if (pathname == NULL)             \
+            return -EINVAL;               \
+        while (*pathname == '/')          \
+            pathname++;                   \
+        if (*pathname == '\0')            \
+            pathname = ".";               \
     } while (0)
 
 /* GET_CONTEXT_PRIV obtains fuse context and private data for the calling thread. */
@@ -170,8 +156,6 @@ int sharefs_rmdir(const char *pathname) {
 }
 
 int sharefs_rename(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath, unsigned int flags) {
-    int res;
-
     struct fuse_context *ctx;
     struct sharefs_private *priv;
     GET_CONTEXT_PRIV(ctx, priv);
@@ -204,8 +188,6 @@ int sharefs_truncate(const char *pathname, off_t length, struct fuse_file_info *
 }
 
 int sharefs_utimens(const char *pathname, const struct timespec times[2], struct fuse_file_info *fi) {
-    int res;
-
     struct fuse_context *ctx;
     struct sharefs_private *priv;
     GET_CONTEXT_PRIV(ctx, priv);
@@ -227,7 +209,6 @@ int sharefs_create(const char *pathname, mode_t mode, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
     MUST_TRANSLATE_PATHNAME(pathname);
 
     (void)mode;
-    (void)fi;
 
     if ((fd = openat(priv->dirfd, pathname, fi->flags & ~SHAREFS_FORBIDDEN_FLAGS, SHAREFS_PERM_REG)) == -1)
         return -errno;
@@ -293,8 +274,6 @@ int sharefs_release(const char *pathname, struct fuse_file_info *fi) {
 }
 
 int sharefs_fsync(const char *pathname, int datasync, struct fuse_file_info *fi) {
-    int res;
-
     (void)pathname;
 
     if (datasync ? fdatasync(fi->fh) : fsync(fi->fh) == -1)
diff --git a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h
index 869df6b..34f388b 100644
--- a/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h
+++ b/cmd/sharefs/fuse-helper.h
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 #error This package requires libfuse >= v3.4
 #endif
 
+#define SHAREFS_MEDIA_RW_ID (1 << 10) - 1 /* owning gid presented to userspace */
+#define SHAREFS_PERM_DIR 0700             /* permission bits for directories presented to userspace */
+#define SHAREFS_PERM_REG 0600             /* permission bits for regular files presented to userspace */
+#define SHAREFS_FORBIDDEN_FLAGS O_DIRECT  /* these open flags are cleared unconditionally */
+
 /* sharefs_private is populated by sharefs_init and contains process-wide context */
 struct sharefs_private {
     int dirfd; /* source dirfd opened during sharefs_init */