diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 42450dd1ea..1f55ee6b1a 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ int SigParsePort(Signature *s, const char *portstr, char flag)
 /** \retval 1 valid
  *  \retval 0 invalid
  */
-static int SigParseActionRejectValidate(void) {
+static int SigParseActionRejectValidate(const char *action) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBNET11
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG
     if (sc_set_caps == TRUE) {
@@ -575,22 +575,22 @@ int SigParseAction(Signature *s, const char *action) {
         s->action = ACTION_PASS;
         return 0;
     } else if (strcasecmp(action, "reject") == 0) {
-        if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate()))
+        if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate(action)))
             return -1;
         s->action = ACTION_REJECT;
         return 0;
     } else if (strcasecmp(action, "rejectsrc") == 0) {
-        if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate()))
+        if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate(action)))
             return -1;
         s->action = ACTION_REJECT;
         return 0;
     } else if (strcasecmp(action, "rejectdst") == 0) {
-        if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate()))
+        if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate(action)))
             return -1;
         s->action = ACTION_REJECT_DST;
         return 0;
     } else if (strcasecmp(action, "rejectboth") == 0) {
-        if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate()))
+        if (!(SigParseActionRejectValidate(action)))
             return -1;
         s->action = ACTION_REJECT_BOTH;
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/suricata.c b/src/suricata.c
index 11efd072b5..27c8fa64e6 100644
--- a/src/suricata.c
+++ b/src/suricata.c
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     SignalHandlerSetup(SIGINT, SignalHandlerSigint);
     SignalHandlerSetup(SIGTERM, SignalHandlerSigterm);
     SignalHandlerSetup(SIGHUP, SignalHandlerSighup);
-#endif /* OS_WIN32 */
 
     /* Get the suricata user ID to given user ID */
     if (do_setuid == TRUE) {
@@ -908,6 +907,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         sc_set_caps = TRUE;
     }
+#endif /* OS_WIN32 */
 
     /* pre allocate packets */
     SCLogDebug("preallocating packets... packet size %" PRIuMAX "", (uintmax_t)sizeof(Packet));
diff --git a/src/util-privs.c b/src/util-privs.c
index 83b9ddf696..42c48c2f30 100644
--- a/src/util-privs.c
+++ b/src/util-privs.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  * Steve Grubb
  */
 
+#ifndef OS_WIN32
+
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include "util-debug.h"
@@ -219,3 +221,4 @@ int SCGetGroupID(char *group_name, uint32_t *gid)
 
     return 0;
 }
+#endif /* OS_WIN32 */