diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
index 7cb14f49..a83ed807 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
         if ($child->nodeName !== 'td' && $child->nodeName !== 'th') {
             $this->processDomElement($child, $sheet, $row, $column, $cellContent);
         } else {
-            $this->processDomElementThTd($element, $sheet, $row, $column, $cellContent, $child, $attributeArray);
+            $this->processDomElementThTd($sheet, $row, $column, $cellContent, $child, $attributeArray);
         }
     }
 
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
         }
     }
 
-    private function processDomElementThTd(DOMNode $element, Worksheet $sheet, int &$row, string &$column, string &$cellContent, DOMElement $child, array &$attributeArray): void
+    private function processDomElementThTd(Worksheet $sheet, int &$row, string &$column, string &$cellContent, DOMElement $child, array &$attributeArray): void
     {
         while (isset($this->rowspan[$column . $row])) {
             ++$column;
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Html/HtmlTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Html/HtmlTest.php
index e87e636b..91e60d3e 100644
--- a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Html/HtmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Html/HtmlTest.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class HtmlTest extends TestCase
         $filename = 'tests/data/Reader/HTML/badhtml.html';
         $reader = new Html();
         self::assertTrue($reader->canRead($filename));
-        $spreadsheet = $reader->load($filename);
+        $reader->load($filename);
         self::assertTrue(false);
     }
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class HtmlTest extends TestCase
         $filename = __FILE__;
         $reader = new Html();
         self::assertFalse($reader->canRead($filename));
-        $spreadsheet = $reader->load($filename);
+        $reader->load($filename);
         self::assertTrue(false);
     }