diff --git a/src/json-patch.cpp b/src/json-patch.cpp
index 4579432..7b6306b 100644
--- a/src/json-patch.cpp
+++ b/src/json-patch.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 #include "json-patch.hpp"
 
-#ifdef __has_cpp_attribute
-#if __has_cpp_attribute(maybe_unused)
-#define JSV_MAYBE_UNUSED [[maybe_unused]]
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifndef JSV_MAYBE_UNUSED
-#define JSV_MAYBE_UNUSED
-#endif
-
 namespace nlohmann
 {
 
@@ -69,7 +59,7 @@ void json_patch::validateJsonPatch(json const &patch)
 
 		try {
 			// try parse to path
-			JSV_MAYBE_UNUSED const auto p = json::json_pointer{op["path"].get<std::string>()};
+			json::json_pointer{op["path"].get<std::string>()};
 		} catch (json::exception &e) {
 			throw JsonPatchFormatException{e.what()};
 		}