diff --git a/src/impl/mpi_line.c b/src/impl/mpi_line.c
index e7e8a4b..853b43a 100644
--- a/src/impl/mpi_line.c
+++ b/src/impl/mpi_line.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ double *compute_jacobi(int rank, int numprocs, int n, double init_value, double
   int nb = n + 2; // n plus the border
   int rows, rows_to_transmit;
   int receive_pos;
-  MPI_Status status;
 
   if (rank == 0) {
     rows = n - (n / numprocs) * (numprocs - 1);
@@ -79,20 +78,20 @@ double *compute_jacobi(int rank, int numprocs, int n, double init_value, double
       if (rank != numprocs - 1) {
         // Send and receive south border
         MPI_Send(&x[IDX(nb, rows, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank + 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-        MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, rows + 1, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank + 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+        MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, rows + 1, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank + 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
       }
       if (rank != 0) {
         // Send and receive north border
         MPI_Send(&x[IDX(nb, 1, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank - 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-        MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, 0, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank - 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+        MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, 0, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank - 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
       }
     } else {
       // Receive and send north border
-      MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, 0, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank - 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+      MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, 0, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank - 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
       MPI_Send(&x[IDX(nb, 1, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank - 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
       if (rank != numprocs - 1) {
         // Receive and send south border
-        MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, rows + 1, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank + 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+        MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, rows + 1, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank + 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
         MPI_Send(&x[IDX(nb, rows, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank + 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
       }
     }
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ double *compute_jacobi(int rank, int numprocs, int n, double init_value, double
       if (i == numprocs - 1) {
         rows_to_transmit++;
       }
-      MPI_Recv(&complete_x[IDX(nb, receive_pos, 0)], rows_to_transmit * (nb), MPI_DOUBLE, i, TAG_MATRIX, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+      MPI_Recv(&complete_x[IDX(nb, receive_pos, 0)], rows_to_transmit * (nb), MPI_DOUBLE, i, TAG_MATRIX, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
       receive_pos += n / numprocs;
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/src/impl/mpi_line_async.c b/src/impl/mpi_line_async.c
index b304251..849c3fe 100644
--- a/src/impl/mpi_line_async.c
+++ b/src/impl/mpi_line_async.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ double *compute_jacobi(int rank, int numprocs, int n, double init_value, double
   int nb = n + 2; // n plus the border
   int rows, rows_to_transmit;
   int receive_pos;
-  MPI_Status status;
   MPI_Request request_north;
   MPI_Request request_south;
 
@@ -87,11 +86,11 @@ double *compute_jacobi(int rank, int numprocs, int n, double init_value, double
     x = tmp_x;
     if (rank != numprocs - 1) {
       // Receive south border
-      MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, rows + 1, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank + 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+      MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, rows + 1, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank + 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
     }
     if (rank != 0) {
       // Receive north border
-      MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, 0, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank - 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+      MPI_Recv(&x[IDX(nb, 0, 0)], nb, MPI_DOUBLE, rank - 1, TAG_BORDER, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
     }
     LOG(printf("[Process %d/%d] max_diff: %f\n", rank, numprocs, max_diff));
     MPI_Allreduce(&max_diff, &global_max_diff, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MAX, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ double *compute_jacobi(int rank, int numprocs, int n, double init_value, double
       if (i == numprocs - 1) {
         rows_to_transmit++;
       }
-      MPI_Recv(&complete_x[IDX(nb, receive_pos, 0)], rows_to_transmit * (nb), MPI_DOUBLE, i, TAG_MATRIX, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+      MPI_Recv(&complete_x[IDX(nb, receive_pos, 0)], rows_to_transmit * (nb), MPI_DOUBLE, i, TAG_MATRIX, MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
       receive_pos += n / numprocs;
     }
   } else {