diff --git a/src/api/java/Context.java b/src/api/java/Context.java
index 3ad136f12..5277dab38 100644
--- a/src/api/java/Context.java
+++ b/src/api/java/Context.java
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ public class Context extends IDisposable
         initContext();
     }
 
-    private Context(long ctx, long refCount)
-    {
-        super();
-        this.m_ctx = ctx;
-        this.m_refCount = refCount;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a new symbol using an integer. <remarks> Not all integers can be
      * passed to this function. The legal range of unsigned integers is 0 to
diff --git a/src/api/java/Sort.java b/src/api/java/Sort.java
index 58f7638ba..381b9b0ae 100644
--- a/src/api/java/Sort.java
+++ b/src/api/java/Sort.java
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ public class Sort extends AST
 
     static Sort create(Context ctx, long obj) throws Z3Exception
     {
-        switch (Z3_sort_kind.fromInt(Native.getSortKind(ctx.nCtx(), obj)))
+        Z3_sort_kind sk = Z3_sort_kind.fromInt(Native.getSortKind(ctx.nCtx(), obj));
+        switch (sk)
         {
         case Z3_ARRAY_SORT:
             return new ArraySort(ctx, obj);