diff --git a/src/windeployqt/main.cpp b/src/windeployqt/main.cpp
index 8b16863b1fbd6bfe5c7845079b6ea93fa9a80250..9833d2125f65b5a3ba6d5cf91812c058d5ba75e2 100644
--- a/src/windeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/windeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ static DeployResult deploy(const Options &options,
     const QString qtBinDir = qmakeVariables.value(QStringLiteral("QT_INSTALL_BINS"));
     const QString libraryLocation = options.platform == Unix ? qmakeVariables.value(QStringLiteral("QT_INSTALL_LIBS")) : qtBinDir;
     const int version = qtVersion(qmakeVariables);
+    Q_UNUSED(version)
 
     if (optVerboseLevel > 1)
         std::wcout << "Qt binaries in " << QDir::toNativeSeparators(qtBinDir) << '\n';