diff --git a/src/Application.cpp b/src/Application.cpp
index 5db06b8f8..0bfa0e9cb 100644
--- a/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Application.cpp
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ void Application::createTabFromArgs(KCmdLineArgs* args, MainWindow* window,
     const QString& title = tokens["title"];
     const QString& command = tokens["command"];
     const QString& profile = tokens["profile"];  // currently not used
+    Q_UNUSED(profile);
 
     // FIXME: A lot of duplicate code below