diff --git a/src/ConfigFile.cc b/src/ConfigFile.cc
index e4c6ac81e0cf04f2e5c9385e993e61c6cbfda395..2b40cce7af4323c6d1118a6d8bf19436f7fb6e64 100644
--- a/src/ConfigFile.cc
+++ b/src/ConfigFile.cc
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ ConfigFile::addParallelConfFileElement(bool inNode, bool inCluster, const member
 }
 
 void
-ConfigFile::checkPass(WarningConsolidation &warnings) const
+ConfigFile::checkPass([[maybe_unused]] WarningConsolidation &warnings) const
 {
   for (bool global_init_file_declared{false};
        const auto &hook : hooks)