diff --git a/src/SQLite.cs b/src/SQLite.cs
index bc38684a..7090bca8 100644
--- a/src/SQLite.cs
+++ b/src/SQLite.cs
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ static byte[] GetNullTerminatedUtf8 (string s)
 		/// Used to list some code that we want the MonoTouch linker
 		/// to see, but that we never want to actually execute.
 		/// </summary>
+		#pragma warning disable 649 // value assigned but never used
 		static bool _preserveDuringLinkMagic;
+		#pragma warning restore 649
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Sets a busy handler to sleep the specified amount of time when a table is locked.