2 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/l10ntools/source/uimerge.cxx b/l10ntools/source/uimerge.cxx
index 5b05dc9afec8..dd334de13fa5 100644
--- a/l10ntools/source/uimerge.cxx
+++ b/l10ntools/source/uimerge.cxx
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <vector>
 
-OString sInputFileName;
-OString sOutputFile;
+static OString sInputFileName;
+static OString sOutputFile;
 
 int extractTranslations()
 {
diff --git a/l10ntools/source/xrmmerge.cxx b/l10ntools/source/xrmmerge.cxx
index 0feb4e023815..2bebcfeb4d4d 100644
--- a/l10ntools/source/xrmmerge.cxx
+++ b/l10ntools/source/xrmmerge.cxx
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ using namespace std;
 void yyerror( const char * );
 
 // set of global variables
-bool bMergeMode;
-bool bDisplayName;
-bool bExtensionDescription;
-OString sLanguage;
-OString sInputFileName;
-OString sOutputFile;
-OString sMergeSrc;
-OString sLangAttribute;
-OString sResourceType;
-XRMResParser *pParser = nullptr;
+static bool bMergeMode;
+static bool bDisplayName;
+static bool bExtensionDescription;
+static OString sLanguage;
+static OString sInputFileName;
+static OString sOutputFile;
+static OString sMergeSrc;
+static OString sLangAttribute;
+static OString sResourceType;
+static XRMResParser *pParser = nullptr;
 
 extern "C" {
 // the whole interface to lexer is in this extern "C" section