diff --git a/sdk/lib/core/object.dart b/sdk/lib/core/object.dart
index 211d3efabb6..41ff788abb9 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/core/object.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/core/object.dart
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Object {
   external String toString();
 
   /**
-   * [noSuchMethod] is invoked when users invoke a non-existant method
+   * [noSuchMethod] is invoked when users invoke a non-existent method
    * on an object. The name of the method and the arguments of the
    * invocation are passed to [noSuchMethod] in an [Invocation].
    * If [noSuchMethod] returns a value, that value becomes the result of
diff --git a/tests/standalone/io/file_fuzz_test.dart b/tests/standalone/io/file_fuzz_test.dart
index 45dc7b370a1..d0e090a337b 100644
--- a/tests/standalone/io/file_fuzz_test.dart
+++ b/tests/standalone/io/file_fuzz_test.dart
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ fuzzSyncRandomAccessMethods() {
 }
 
 fuzzAsyncRandomAccessMethods() {
-  var d = new Directory('');
   var temp = Directory.systemTemp.createTempSync('dart_file_fuzz');
   var file = new File('${temp.path}/x');
   file.createSync();