diff --git a/apps/recorder/bmp.c b/apps/recorder/bmp.c
index fc88709afa..1b6cd87345 100644
--- a/apps/recorder/bmp.c
+++ b/apps/recorder/bmp.c
@@ -495,6 +495,11 @@ int read_bmp_fd(int fd,
 
 #ifdef HAVE_REMOTE_LCD
     bool remote = false;
+    /* Thanks to the mass of #ifdefs in this function, there are cases where
+     * remote is never read, so we need to suppress the resulting warnings
+     * (or rewrite the lot)*/
+    (void)remote;
+
     if (format & FORMAT_REMOTE) {
         remote = true;
 #if LCD_REMOTE_DEPTH == 1
@@ -561,7 +566,7 @@ int read_bmp_fd(int fd,
         resize |= IMG_NORESIZE;
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_REMOTE_LCD
-        remote = 0;
+        remote = false;
 #endif
     }
 #elif !defined(PLUGIN)