diff --git a/Utilities/StrFmt.cpp b/Utilities/StrFmt.cpp
index 5c7d9b3836..1a28f4be94 100644
--- a/Utilities/StrFmt.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/StrFmt.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ std::string wchar_to_utf8(std::wstring_view src)
 #endif
 }
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 std::string utf16_to_utf8(std::u16string_view src)
 {
 	std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<char16_t>, char16_t> converter{};
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ std::u16string utf8_to_utf16(std::string_view src)
 	std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<char16_t>, char16_t> converter{};
 	return converter.from_bytes(src.data());
 }
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 std::wstring utf8_to_wchar(std::string_view src)
 {
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/savestate_utils.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/savestate_utils.cpp
index 663f0421aa..6bc53fc7f1 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/savestate_utils.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/savestate_utils.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ std::vector<version_entry> get_savestate_versioning_data(fs::file&& file, std::s
 	ar.breathe(true);
 
 	std::vector<version_entry> ver_data = ar.pop<std::vector<version_entry>>();
-	return std::move(ver_data);
+	return ver_data;
 }
 
 bool is_savestate_version_compatible(const std::vector<version_entry>& data, bool is_boot_check)
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ std::string get_savestate_file(std::string_view title_id, std::string_view boot_
 
 	if (std::string path_compressed = path + ".gz"; fs::is_file(path_compressed))
 	{
-		return std::move(path_compressed);
+		return path_compressed;
 	}
 
-	return std::move(path);
+	return path;
 }
 
 bool is_savestate_compatible(fs::file&& file, std::string_view filepath)
diff --git a/rpcs3/util/serialization_ext.cpp b/rpcs3/util/serialization_ext.cpp
index e16c5eaa93..d4c23ce2e6 100644
--- a/rpcs3/util/serialization_ext.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/serialization_ext.cpp
@@ -658,9 +658,6 @@ void compressed_serialization_file_handler::file_writer_thread_op()
 {
 	compressed_stream_data& stream = *m_stream;
 
-	// Data recheck after an abort request is detected so there will not be any missed data
-	bool rechecked = false;
-
 	while (true)
 	{
 		stream.m_queued_data_to_write.wait();