diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index b66f8c8..de916bc 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -4686,12 +4686,6 @@ HTMLtagproc1(struct parsed_tag *tag, struct html_feed_environ *h_env)
     case HTML_DD:
 	CLOSE_A;
 	CLOSE_DT;
-	if (h_env->envc == 0 ||
-	    (h_env->envc_real < h_env->nenv &&
-	     envs[h_env->envc].env != HTML_DL &&
-	     envs[h_env->envc].env != HTML_DL_COMPACT)) {
-	    PUSH_ENV(HTML_DL);
-	}
 	if (envs[h_env->envc].env == HTML_DL_COMPACT) {
 	    if (obuf->pos > envs[h_env->envc].indent)
 		flushline(h_env, obuf, envs[h_env->envc].indent, 0,
diff --git a/parsetagx.c b/parsetagx.c
index cd1ff58..3435f9f 100644
--- a/parsetagx.c
+++ b/parsetagx.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ parse_tag(char **s, int internal)
 	*(p++) = *(q++);
 	SKIP_BLANKS(q);
     }
-    tagname[0] = '\0';
     while (*q && !IS_SPACE(*q) && !(tagname[0] != '/' && *q == '/') &&
 	   *q != '>' && p - tagname < MAX_TAG_LEN - 1) {
 	*(p++) = TOLOWER(*q);