diff --git a/Lib/plistlib.py b/Lib/plistlib.py
index 21ebec3f004590..248f5143f4edf7 100644
--- a/Lib/plistlib.py
+++ b/Lib/plistlib.py
@@ -644,7 +644,6 @@ def _read_object(self, ref):
         elif tokenH == 0x50:  # ascii string
             s = self._get_size(tokenL)
             result =  self._fp.read(s).decode('ascii')
-            result = result
 
         elif tokenH == 0x60:  # unicode string
             s = self._get_size(tokenL)
diff --git a/Tools/demo/redemo.py b/Tools/demo/redemo.py
index 256a63e0a00d4e..f801dfce5fe1a3 100755
--- a/Tools/demo/redemo.py
+++ b/Tools/demo/redemo.py
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ def getflags(self):
         flags = 0
         for var in self.vars:
             flags = flags | var.get()
-        flags = flags
         return flags
 
     def recompile(self, event=None):