diff --git a/src/ssb.tests.c b/src/ssb.tests.c
index 86f9e6bb..72a67546 100644
--- a/src/ssb.tests.c
+++ b/src/ssb.tests.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ static void _assert_visible(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* id, const char* contact,
 {
 	const char** ids = tf_ssb_db_following_deep_ids(ssb, &id, 1, 2);
 	bool found = false;
+	(void)found;
 	for (int i = 0; ids[i]; i++)
 	{
 		if (strcmp(ids[i], contact) == 0)