diff --git a/src/qml/debugger/qqmldebugserver.cpp b/src/qml/debugger/qqmldebugserver.cpp
index b4f905eb7c..9715b5c8d4 100644
--- a/src/qml/debugger/qqmldebugserver.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/debugger/qqmldebugserver.cpp
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ QQmlDebugServer::QQmlDebugServer()
         }
     }
 #else
-    Q_UNUSED(&cleanup)
     if (!appD->qmljsDebugArgumentsString().isEmpty()) {
         qWarning() << QString(QLatin1String(
                      "QML Debugger: Ignoring \"-qmljsdebugger=%1\". "