diff --git a/Ecal/src/Ecal/EcalVetoProcessor.cxx b/Ecal/src/Ecal/EcalVetoProcessor.cxx
index fddd3f8aa..e06ee8fbd 100644
--- a/Ecal/src/Ecal/EcalVetoProcessor.cxx
+++ b/Ecal/src/Ecal/EcalVetoProcessor.cxx
@@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ void EcalVetoProcessor::produce(framework::Event &event) {
       if (trackingHitList.size() < 3) break;
       hitNums[1] = jHit;
       for (int kHit = jHit + 1; kHit < nHitsInRegion; kHit++) {
-        unsigned int numZeros = 0;
         hitNums[2] = kHit;
         for (int hInd = 0; hInd < 3; hInd++) {
           // hmean = geometric mean, subtract off from hits to improve SVD
@@ -1030,18 +1029,17 @@ void EcalVetoProcessor::produce(framework::Event &event) {
         }
         for (int hInd = 0; hInd < 3; hInd++) {
           for (int lInd = 0; lInd < 3; lInd++) {
-            auto matrixValue =
+            hdt(hInd, lInd) =
                 trackingHitList[hitNums[hInd]].pos(lInd) - hmean(lInd);
-            hdt(hInd, lInd) = matrixValue;
-            if (matrixValue == 0) numZeros++;
           }
         }
 
         // Perform "linreg" on selected points
         // Calculate the determinant of the matrix
-        double determinant = hdt(0,0)*(hdt(1,1)*hdt(2,2)-hdt(1,2)*hdt(2,1))
-                            -hdt(0,1)*(hdt(1,0)*hdt(2,2)-hdt(1,2)*hdt(2,0))
-                            +hdt(0,2)*(hdt(1,0)*hdt(2,1)-hdt(1,1)*hdt(2,0));
+        double determinant =
+            hdt(0, 0) * (hdt(1, 1) * hdt(2, 2) - hdt(1, 2) * hdt(2, 1)) -
+            hdt(0, 1) * (hdt(1, 0) * hdt(2, 2) - hdt(1, 2) * hdt(2, 0)) +
+            hdt(0, 2) * (hdt(1, 0) * hdt(2, 1) - hdt(1, 1) * hdt(2, 0));
         // Exit early if the matrix is singular (i.e. det = 0)
         if (determinant == 0) continue;
         // Perform matrix decomposition with SVD
@@ -1091,8 +1089,8 @@ void EcalVetoProcessor::produce(framework::Event &event) {
             trackLen++;
           }
         }
-      } // end loop on hits in the region
-    } // end 2nd loop on hits in the region
+      }  // end loop on hits in the region
+    }    // end 2nd loop on hits in the region
 
     // Ordinarily, additional hits in line w/ track would be added here.
     // However, this doesn't affect the results of the simple veto. Exclude all
@@ -1104,7 +1102,7 @@ void EcalVetoProcessor::produce(framework::Event &event) {
       }
       iHit--;
     }
-  } // end loop on all hits
+  }  // end loop on all hits
 
   ldmx_log(debug) << "  MIP tracking completed; found " << nStraightTracks_
                   << " straight tracks and " << nLinregTracks_