diff --git a/deps/regex/regcomp.c b/deps/regex/regcomp.c
index b18ca8f3e..43bffbc21 100644
--- a/deps/regex/regcomp.c
+++ b/deps/regex/regcomp.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ weak_alias (__regcomp, regcomp)
    from either regcomp or regexec.   We don't use PREG here.  */
 
 size_t
-regerror(int errcode, const regex_t *__restrict preg,
+regerror(int errcode, UNUSED const regex_t *__restrict preg,
 	 char *__restrict errbuf, size_t errbuf_size)
 {
   const char *msg;
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ calc_first (void *extra, bin_tree_t *node)
 
 /* Pass 2: compute NEXT on the tree.  Preorder visit.  */
 static reg_errcode_t
-calc_next (void *extra, bin_tree_t *node)
+calc_next (UNUSED void *extra, bin_tree_t *node)
 {
   switch (node->token.type)
     {
@@ -3309,7 +3309,7 @@ parse_bracket_exp (re_string_t *regexp, re_dfa_t *dfa, re_token_t *token,
 
 static reg_errcode_t
 parse_bracket_element (bracket_elem_t *elem, re_string_t *regexp,
-		       re_token_t *token, int token_len, re_dfa_t *dfa,
+		       re_token_t *token, int token_len, UNUSED re_dfa_t *dfa,
 		       reg_syntax_t syntax, int accept_hyphen)
 {
 #ifdef RE_ENABLE_I18N
@@ -3804,7 +3804,7 @@ free_token (re_token_t *node)
    and its children. */
 
 static reg_errcode_t
-free_tree (void *extra, bin_tree_t *node)
+free_tree (UNUSED void *extra, bin_tree_t *node)
 {
   free_token (&node->token);
   return REG_NOERROR;
diff --git a/deps/regex/regex_internal.h b/deps/regex/regex_internal.h
index f76011131..aa3820740 100644
--- a/deps/regex/regex_internal.h
+++ b/deps/regex/regex_internal.h
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#ifndef UNUSED
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define UNUSED __attribute__((unused))
+#endif
+#else
+#define UNUSED
+#endif
+
 #if defined HAVE_LANGINFO_H || defined HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET || defined _LIBC
 # include <langinfo.h>
 #endif