diff --git a/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp b/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
index 10dca2e6855fd2ebe53c81e7cb5e7769095b5042..79a7ef73c696b453799d641cb2ac1e89847b44e1 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
@@ -1842,6 +1842,7 @@ char* sbbs_t::cmdstr(const char *instr, const char *fpath, const char *fspec, ch
 	char	str[MAX_PATH+1],*cmd;
     int		i,j,len;
 	bool	native = (mode == EX_UNSPECIFIED) || native_executable(&cfg, instr, mode);
+	(void) native;
 
     if(outstr==NULL)
         cmd=cmdstr_output;