diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_ios_Windowing.mm b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_ios_Windowing.mm
index c376191965..0e605f79c5 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_ios_Windowing.mm
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/native/juce_ios_Windowing.mm
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Array<AppInactivityCallback*> appBecomingInactiveCallbacks;
 - (void) application: (UIApplication*) application handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession: (NSString*)identifier
    completionHandler: (void (^)(void))completionHandler
 {
+    ignoreUnused (application);
     URL::DownloadTask::juce_iosURLSessionNotify (nsStringToJuce (identifier));
     completionHandler();
 }