diff --git a/s/cmake-init b/s/cmake-init
index 05bae5540..35378d6a5 100755
--- a/s/cmake-init
+++ b/s/cmake-init
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ MACHINE=`uname -m`
 [ -z "$CC" ] && [ ! -z `which cc` ] && CC="cc"
 BIN_DIR="$ROOT/build-$MACHINE-$CC-$BUILD"
 mkdir -p $BIN_DIR
+rm -f $BUILD
 ln -sf $BIN_DIR $BUILD
 
 MACHINE=$(gcc -dumpmachine)
diff --git a/src/kernel/curse.c b/src/kernel/curse.c
index 66890475e..597b7340d 100644
--- a/src/kernel/curse.c
+++ b/src/kernel/curse.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #define MAXENTITYHASH 7919
-curse *cursehash[MAXENTITYHASH];
+static curse *cursehash[MAXENTITYHASH];
 
 void c_setflag(curse * c, unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -829,4 +829,4 @@ void free_curses(void) {
     for (i = 0; i != MAXCTHASH; ++i) {
         ql_free(cursetypes[i]);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}