diff --git a/Modules/_remote_debugging/subprocess.c b/Modules/_remote_debugging/subprocess.c
index 1b16dd8343f2a5b..9896ece481e9270 100644
--- a/Modules/_remote_debugging/subprocess.c
+++ b/Modules/_remote_debugging/subprocess.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pid_array_contains(pid_array_t *arr, pid_t pid)
 /* Find child PIDs using BFS traversal of the pid->ppid mapping.
  * all_pids and ppids must have the same count (parallel arrays).
  * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error. */
-static int
+UNUSED static int
 find_children_bfs(pid_t target_pid, int recursive,
                   pid_t *all_pids, pid_t *ppids, size_t pid_count,
                   pid_array_t *result)
diff --git a/Python/remote_debug.h b/Python/remote_debug.h
index 6c089a834dcd40d..f35e7128c35a383 100644
--- a/Python/remote_debug.h
+++ b/Python/remote_debug.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ _Py_RemoteDebug_ReadRemoteMemory(proc_handle_t *handle, uintptr_t remote_address
 typedef int (*section_validator_t)(proc_handle_t *handle, uintptr_t address);
 
 // Validate that a candidate address starts with _Py_Debug_Cookie.
-static int
+UNUSED static int
 _Py_RemoteDebug_ValidatePyRuntimeCookie(proc_handle_t *handle, uintptr_t address)
 {
     if (address == 0) {