diff --git a/include/tl/expected.hpp b/include/tl/expected.hpp
index afee404..db74b7a 100644
--- a/include/tl/expected.hpp
+++ b/include/tl/expected.hpp
@@ -1707,7 +1707,9 @@ class expected : private detail::expected_move_assign_base<T, E>,
     if (has_value()) {
       val() = std::forward<U>(v);
     } else {
+#ifdef TL_EXPECTED_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED
       auto tmp = std::move(err());
+#endif
       err().~unexpected<E>();
 
 #ifdef TL_EXPECTED_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED
@@ -1776,7 +1778,9 @@ class expected : private detail::expected_move_assign_base<T, E>,
       val().~T();
       ::new (valptr()) T(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     } else {
+#ifdef TL_EXPECTED_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED
       auto tmp = std::move(err());
+#endif
       err().~unexpected<E>();
 
 #ifdef TL_EXPECTED_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED