diff --git a/corsika/detail/modules/pythia8/Decay.inl b/corsika/detail/modules/pythia8/Decay.inl
index f3f743364bd37b2bca2c65d3418f59c3cad25bf0..81306df4509492448ba4425b1fd8e874f307ad41 100644
--- a/corsika/detail/modules/pythia8/Decay.inl
+++ b/corsika/detail/modules/pythia8/Decay.inl
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace corsika::pythia8 {
     auto const t0 = projectile.getTime();
 
     auto const& labMomentum = projectile.getMomentum();
-    CoordinateSystemPtr const& labCS = labMomentum.getCoordinateSystem();
+    [[maybe_unused]] CoordinateSystemPtr const& labCS = labMomentum.getCoordinateSystem();
 
     // define target kinematics in lab frame
     // define boost to and from CoM frame