diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/detail/utilities.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/detail/utilities.cpp
index f1a1260347..179756f6a3 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/detail/utilities.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/detail/utilities.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ get_unparsed_ros_arguments(
   rcl_arguments_t * arguments,
   rcl_allocator_t allocator)
 {
+  (void)argc;
   std::vector<std::string> unparsed_ros_arguments;
   int unparsed_ros_args_count = rcl_arguments_get_count_unparsed_ros(arguments);
   if (unparsed_ros_args_count > 0) {