diff --git a/src/api2/node/subscription.rs b/src/api2/node/subscription.rs
index 55e0b5d6..0802f6a7 100644
--- a/src/api2/node/subscription.rs
+++ b/src/api2/node/subscription.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ use crate::api2::types::{NODE_SCHEMA, Userid};
 fn check_subscription(
     force: bool,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // FIXME: drop once proxmox-api-macro is bumped to >> 5.0.0-1
+    let _remove_me = API_METHOD_CHECK_SUBSCRIPTION_PARAM_DEFAULT_FORCE;
 
     let info = match subscription::read_subscription() {
         Err(err) => bail!("could not read subscription status: {}", err),