diff --git a/eccrypto.cpp b/eccrypto.cpp
index 922104c4..dfff26e1 100644
--- a/eccrypto.cpp
+++ b/eccrypto.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #include "argnames.h"
 #include "ec2n.h"
 
+#if GCC_DIAGNOSTIC_AWARE
+# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
+#endif
+
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(CryptoPP)
 
 #if 0
@@ -436,7 +440,7 @@ template <class EC> void DL_GroupParameters_EC<EC>::Initialize(const OID &oid)
 	Element G;
 	bool result = GetCurve().DecodePoint(G, ssG, (size_t)ssG.MaxRetrievable());
 	this->SetSubgroupGenerator(G);
-	assert(result);
+	assert(result); CRYPTOPP_UNUSED(result);
 
 	StringSource ssN(param.n, true, new HexDecoder);
 	m_n.Decode(ssN, (size_t)ssN.MaxRetrievable());