diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/CSharpBinding/Project/Src/CSharpBracketSearcher.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/CSharpBinding/Project/Src/CSharpBracketSearcher.cs
index cbe1327f06..0e8f5b6618 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/CSharpBinding/Project/Src/CSharpBracketSearcher.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/CSharpBinding/Project/Src/CSharpBracketSearcher.cs
@@ -22,20 +22,17 @@ namespace CSharpBinding
 		{
 			if (offset > 0) {
 				char c = document.GetCharAt(offset - 1);
-				int index = openingBrackets.IndexOf(c); 
-				int otherOffset = -1; int ind = -1;
-				if (index > -1) {
+				int index = openingBrackets.IndexOf(c);
+				int otherOffset = -1;
+				if (index > -1)
 					otherOffset = SearchBracketForward(document, offset, openingBrackets[index], closingBrackets[index]);
-					ind = index;
-				}
+				
 				index = closingBrackets.IndexOf(c);
-				if (index > -1) {
+				if (index > -1)
 					otherOffset = SearchBracketBackward(document, offset - 2, openingBrackets[index], closingBrackets[index]);
-					ind = index;
-				}
 				
 				if (otherOffset > -1)
-					return new BracketSearchResult(Math.Min(offset - 1, otherOffset), 1, 
+					return new BracketSearchResult(Math.Min(offset - 1, otherOffset), 1,
 					                               Math.Max(offset - 1, otherOffset), 1);
 			}
 			
diff --git a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/VBNetBracketSearcher.cs b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/VBNetBracketSearcher.cs
index b16969e881..fa0f91d1ba 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/VBNetBracketSearcher.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/BackendBindings/VBNetBinding/Project/Src/VBNetBracketSearcher.cs
@@ -23,16 +23,13 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.VBNetBinding
 			if (offset > 0) {
 				char c = document.GetCharAt(offset - 1);
 				int index = openingBrackets.IndexOf(c);
-				int otherOffset = -1; int ind = -1;
-				if (index > -1) {
+				int otherOffset = -1;
+				if (index > -1)
 					otherOffset = SearchBracketForward(document, offset, openingBrackets[index], closingBrackets[index]);
-					ind = index;
-				}
+				
 				index = closingBrackets.IndexOf(c);
-				if (index > -1) {
+				if (index > -1)
 					otherOffset = SearchBracketBackward(document, offset - 2, openingBrackets[index], closingBrackets[index]);
-					ind = index;
-				}
 				
 				if (otherOffset > -1)
 					return new BracketSearchResult(Math.Min(offset - 1, otherOffset), 1,