diff --git a/sched/signal/sig_nanosleep.c b/sched/signal/sig_nanosleep.c
index 05f2c88af7..5b3a461b53 100644
--- a/sched/signal/sig_nanosleep.c
+++ b/sched/signal/sig_nanosleep.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ int nanosleep(FAR const struct timespec *rqtp, FAR struct timespec *rmtp)
   irqstate_t flags;
   systime_t starttick;
   sigset_t set;
-  struct siginfo value;
   int errval;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS /* Warning avoidance */
   int ret;
@@ -141,9 +140,9 @@ int nanosleep(FAR const struct timespec *rqtp, FAR struct timespec *rmtp)
   /* nanosleep is a simple application of sigtimedwait. */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS /* Warning avoidance */
-  ret = sigtimedwait(&set, &value, rqtp);
+  ret = sigtimedwait(&set, NULL, rqtp);
 #else
-  (void)sigtimedwait(&set, &value, rqtp);
+  (void)sigtimedwait(&set, NULL, rqtp);
 #endif
 
   /* sigtimedwait() cannot succeed.  It should always return error with
diff --git a/sched/signal/sig_pause.c b/sched/signal/sig_pause.c
index 5a83f1a735..62b90c2935 100644
--- a/sched/signal/sig_pause.c
+++ b/sched/signal/sig_pause.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
 
 int pause(void)
 {
-  struct siginfo value;
   sigset_t set;
   int ret;
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ int pause(void)
    * meaning that some unblocked signal was caught.
    */
 
-  ret = sigwaitinfo(&set, &value);
+  ret = sigwaitinfo(&set, NULL);
   leave_cancellation_point();
   return ret;
 }