diff --git a/cde/lib/DtSearch/bmstrstr.c b/cde/lib/DtSearch/bmstrstr.c
index 49e64a200..cf82b6248 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtSearch/bmstrstr.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtSearch/bmstrstr.c
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ char           *bmhcore (
                     size_t		patlen,
                     size_t		*bmhtable)
 {
-    register unsigned char
+    unsigned char
 		lastchar = pattern[patlen - 1];
-    register unsigned char
+    unsigned char
 		textchar;
-    register unsigned char
+    unsigned char
 		*cp;
-    register unsigned char	
+    unsigned char
 		*last;
     int		savechar;
     int		savechar2;
diff --git a/cde/lib/DtSearch/hdecode.c b/cde/lib/DtSearch/hdecode.c
index 06dc3dd2b..d843617e0 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtSearch/hdecode.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtSearch/hdecode.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void	hc_decode (
 #ifdef DEBUG_DECODE
     static int      first_time = TRUE;
 #endif
-    register int    bitreg;
+    int    bitreg;
     int             i;
     int             bitcount;
     int             tree_index;