diff --git a/libkdchart/KDChartAxesPainter.cpp b/libkdchart/KDChartAxesPainter.cpp
index 5a169f0..a8a9c2a 100644
--- a/libkdchart/KDChartAxesPainter.cpp
+++ b/libkdchart/KDChartAxesPainter.cpp
@@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@ void KDChartAxesPainter::calculateLabelTexts(
                         nHigh = log10( TQABS( nHigh ) );
 
                         //tqDebug("[L-0] nLow: %f,  nHigh: %f", nLow, nHigh );
-                        double intPart=0.0; // initialization necessary for Borland C++
+                        double intPart;
                         double fractPart = modf( nLow, &intPart );
                         //tqDebug("  intPart: %f\nfractPart: %f", intPart, fractPart );
                         if( 0.0 > nLow && 0.0 != fractPart )
diff --git a/libkdchart/KDChartParams.h b/libkdchart/KDChartParams.h
index 0994e19..9e4a0db 100644
--- a/libkdchart/KDChartParams.h
+++ b/libkdchart/KDChartParams.h
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ public slots:
     static int roundVal( double d )
         {
             double fr;
-            double i=0.0; // initialization necessary for Borland C++
+            double i;
             fr = modf( d, &i );
             int ret = static_cast < int > ( i );
             if( 0.49999 <= fabs( fr ) )