diff --git a/sc/inc/stlalgorithm.hxx b/sc/inc/stlalgorithm.hxx
index fe3244148618..f967154dc30c 100644
--- a/sc/inc/stlalgorithm.hxx
+++ b/sc/inc/stlalgorithm.hxx
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ public:
     static void destroy(T* p)
     {
         p->~value_type();
-#if defined _MSC_VER
-        (void)p; // avoid bogus MSVC '12 "unreferenced formal parameter" warning
-#endif
     }
 
     static size_type max_size()