diff --git a/src/filemanager/usermenu.c b/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
index c41a9e743..bf198dcfc 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static char *menu = NULL;
 static char *
 strip_ext (char *ss)
 {
-    register char *s = ss;
+    char *s = ss;
     char *e = NULL;
     while (*s)
     {
diff --git a/src/vfs/tar/tar.c b/src/vfs/tar/tar.c
index 29057fdf3..28978877b 100644
--- a/src/vfs/tar/tar.c
+++ b/src/vfs/tar/tar.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static union record rec_buf;
 static long
 tar_from_oct (int digs, char *where)
 {
-    register long value;
+    long value;
 
     while (isspace ((unsigned char) *where))
     {                           /* Skip spaces */
@@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ tar_read_header (struct vfs_class *me, struct vfs_s_super *archive, int tard, si
 {
     tar_super_data_t *arch = (tar_super_data_t *) archive->data;
 
-    register int i;
-    register long sum, signed_sum, recsum;
-    register char *p;
-    register union record *header;
+    int i;
+    long sum, signed_sum, recsum;
+    char *p;
+    union record *header;
     static char *next_long_name = NULL, *next_long_link = NULL;
 
   recurse: