diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index d20fec5..6c99917 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -2352,6 +2352,7 @@ inline EncodingType encoding_type(const Request &req, const Response &res) {
   if (!ret) { return EncodingType::None; }
 
   const auto &s = req.get_header_value("Accept-Encoding");
+  (void)(s);
 
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_BROTLI_SUPPORT
   // TODO: 'Accept-Encoding' has br, not br;q=0