diff --git a/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c b/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
index 348e60a0b..1aebd529d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
+++ b/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
@@ -688,6 +688,9 @@ irc_channel_remove_account (struct t_irc_server *server,
 {
     struct t_irc_nick *ptr_nick;
 
+    /* make C compiler happy */
+    (void) server;
+
     if (channel->type == IRC_CHANNEL_TYPE_CHANNEL)
     {
         for (ptr_nick = channel->nicks; ptr_nick;