diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
index e0050c17c..21fd14e74 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
                 GameAnalyticsManager.AddErrorEventOnce("ItemComponent.DegreeOfSuccess:CharacterNull", GameAnalyticsSDK.Net.EGAErrorSeverity.Error, errorMsg);
                 return 0.0f;
             }
-            float average = skillSuccessSum / requiredSkills.Count;
 
             float skillSuccessSum = 0.0f;
             for (int i = 0; i < requiredSkills.Count; i++)
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
index 105a87746..81355ef74 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
@@ -503,23 +503,6 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                         break;
                 }
             }
-            
-            if (!category.HasFlag(MapEntityCategory.Legacy) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(identifier))
-            {
-                DebugConsole.ThrowError(
-                    "Item prefab \"" + name + "\" has no identifier. All item prefabs have a unique identifier string that's used to differentiate between items during saving and loading.");
-            }
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(identifier))
-            {
-                MapEntityPrefab existingPrefab = List.Find(e => e.Identifier == identifier);
-                if (existingPrefab != null)
-                {
-                    DebugConsole.ThrowError(
-                        "Map entity prefabs \"" + name + "\" and \"" + existingPrefab.Name + "\" have the same identifier!");
-                }
-            }
-
-            AllowedLinks = element.GetAttributeStringArray("allowedlinks", new string[0], convertToLowerInvariant: true).ToList();
 
             if (sprite == null)
             {