diff --git a/scripts/genie.lua b/scripts/genie.lua
index db9481277f4..10eed679dfb 100644
--- a/scripts/genie.lua
+++ b/scripts/genie.lua
@@ -864,7 +864,6 @@ end
 			if (version >= 40800) then
 				-- array bounds checking seems to be buggy in 4.8.1 (try it on video/stvvdp1.c and video/model1.c without -Wno-array-bounds)
 				buildoptions {
-					"-Wno-unused-variable",
 					"-Wno-array-bounds"
 				}
 			end
diff --git a/scripts/src/3rdparty.lua b/scripts/src/3rdparty.lua
index e744db9b79b..aad89112883 100644
--- a/scripts/src/3rdparty.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/3rdparty.lua
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ project "portaudio"
 			"-Wno-missing-braces",
 			"-Wno-unused-but-set-variable",
 			"-Wno-maybe-uninitialized",
+			"-Wno-unused-variable",
 			"-Wno-unused-value",
 			"-Wno-unused-function",
 		}