diff --git a/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp b/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
index dfca52e..7d8af41 100644
--- a/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
+++ b/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void Flush() {
 }
 
 constexpr int timeout_milliseconds = 20;
-constexpr int timeout_microseconds = timeout_milliseconds * 1000;
+[[maybe_unused]] constexpr int timeout_microseconds = timeout_milliseconds * 1000;
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 
 void EventListener(std::atomic<bool>* quit, Sender<Task> out) {