Avoid warnings under VC++ in ECC tests

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/checks/ec_tests.cpp b/checks/ec_tests.cpp
index 0b14654c3..f378de8a4 100644
--- a/checks/ec_tests.cpp
+++ b/checks/ec_tests.cpp
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ void test_cdc_curve_33()
       {
       p_G.check_invariants();
       }
-   catch (std::exception& e)
+   catch (std::exception)
       {
       exc = true;
       }
diff --git a/checks/ecdsa.cpp b/checks/ecdsa.cpp
index 40f19ad1b..5dcd90efd 100644
--- a/checks/ecdsa.cpp
+++ b/checks/ecdsa.cpp
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void test_read_pkcs8(RandomNumberGenerator& rng)
 
          std::cout << "Unexpected success: loaded key with unknown OID\n";
          }
-      catch (std::exception& e) { /* OK */ }
+      catch (std::exception) { /* OK */ }
       }
    catch (std::exception& e)
       {