diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/EmailTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/EmailTask.java
index 44d2597eb..525c2e604 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/EmailTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/EmailTask.java
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ public class EmailTask
     /** failure flag */
     private boolean failOnError = true;
     private boolean includeFileNames = false;
-    private boolean simpleMessage = false;
     private String messageMimeType = null;
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/MimeMailer.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/MimeMailer.java
index 7f21e7334..aca654adf 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/MimeMailer.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/MimeMailer.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class MimeMailer
     private static InternetAddress[] internetAddresses( Vector list )
         throws AddressException, UnsupportedEncodingException
     {
-        InternetAddress addrs[] = new InternetAddress[ list.size() ];
+        InternetAddress[] addrs = new InternetAddress[ list.size() ];
         for( int i = 0; i < list.size(); ++i )
         {
             EmailAddress addr = (EmailAddress)list.elementAt( i );