diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
index 66bf2919eb..1abc9bef8e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
@@ -2578,6 +2578,8 @@ void QTextEdit::setText(const QString &text)
     if (format == Qt::RichText)
         setHtml(text);
     else
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(format);
 #endif
         setPlainText(text);
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
index 714f8bfda8..815cc8736b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qwidgettextcontrol.cpp
@@ -3116,6 +3116,7 @@ void QWidgetTextControlPrivate::append(const QString &text, Qt::TextFormat forma
         tmp.insertText(text);
     }
 #else
+    Q_UNUSED(format);
     tmp.insertText(text);
 #endif // QT_NO_TEXTHTMLPARSER
     if (!cursor.hasSelection())