diff --git a/src/comm/LinkManager.cc b/src/comm/LinkManager.cc
index 3307e14a6b0ba52b8801a43371239e2296776e7d..4b6ee1fa4df279a4d1998f0e1b5fbac792ddc5b2 100644
--- a/src/comm/LinkManager.cc
+++ b/src/comm/LinkManager.cc
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@ void LinkManager::saveLinkConfigurationList()
 void LinkManager::loadLinkConfigurationList()
 {
     bool linksChanged = false;
+#ifdef QT_DEBUG
     bool mockPresent  = false;
+#endif
     QSettings settings;
     // Is the group even there?
     if(settings.contains(LinkConfiguration::settingsRoot() + "/count")) {