diff --git a/apps/recorder/bmp.c b/apps/recorder/bmp.c
index bc3b754e4d..d6f61d1c87 100644
--- a/apps/recorder/bmp.c
+++ b/apps/recorder/bmp.c
@@ -858,11 +858,5 @@ int read_bmp_fd(int fd,
         }
 #endif
     }
-#ifdef HAVE_REMOTE_LCD
-    /* Thanks to the mass of #ifdefs in this function, there are cases where
-     * remote is never read, so we need to suppress the resulting warnings
-     * (or rewrite the lot)*/
-    (void)remote;
-#endif
     return totalsize; /* return the used buffer size. */
 }