diff --git a/core/scss/_variables.scss b/core/scss/_variables.scss
index 3158acfa9..cc37c5c01 100644
--- a/core/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/core/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -373,8 +373,6 @@ $body-secondary-bg: $gray-200 !default;
 $body-tertiary-color: rgba($body-color, 0.5) !default;
 $body-tertiary-bg: $gray-100 !default;
 
-$body-emphasis-color: $black !default;
-
 // Typography
 $font-google: null !default;
 $font-google-monospaced: null !default;
@@ -795,7 +793,6 @@ $nested-kbd-font-weight: null !default; // Deprecated in v5.2.0, removing in v6
 // scss-docs-start avatar-variables
 $avatar-size: 2.5rem !default;
 $avatar-status-size: 0.75rem !default;
-$avatar-font-size: 1rem !default;
 $avatar-icon-size: 1.5rem !default;
 $avatar-brand-size: 1.25rem !default;
 $avatar-upload-icon-size: 1.5rem !default;