diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 26f1e532c6..bc9da7bcb6 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void stuff_change(struct diff_options *opt,
 }
 
 static int builtin_diff_b_f(struct rev_info *revs,
-			    int argc, const char **argv,
+			    int argc, const char **argv UNUSED,
 			    struct object_array_entry **blob)
 {
 	/* Blob vs file in the working tree*/
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_b_f(struct rev_info *revs,
 }
 
 static int builtin_diff_blobs(struct rev_info *revs,
-			      int argc, const char **argv,
+			      int argc, const char **argv UNUSED,
 			      struct object_array_entry **blob)
 {
 	const unsigned mode = canon_mode(S_IFREG | 0644);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_tree(struct rev_info *revs,
 }
 
 static int builtin_diff_combined(struct rev_info *revs,
-				 int argc, const char **argv,
+				 int argc, const char **argv UNUSED,
 				 struct object_array_entry *ent,
 				 int ents, int first_non_parent)
 {
diff --git a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
index 8f8f2ac3e6..4324d39fb4 100644
--- a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
+++ b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static const char builtin_get_tar_commit_id_usage[] =
 #define RECORDSIZE	(512)
 #define HEADERSIZE (2 * RECORDSIZE)
 
-int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv UNUSED, const char *prefix)
 {
 	char buffer[HEADERSIZE];
 	struct ustar_header *header = (struct ustar_header *)buffer;
diff --git a/scalar.c b/scalar.c
index ca19b95ce4..c7b8c16c8e 100644
--- a/scalar.c
+++ b/scalar.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static int cmd_diagnose(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
+static int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv UNUSED)
 {
 	if (argc != 1)
 		die(_("`scalar list` does not take arguments"));