diff --git a/mlx/backend/cpu/distributed.cpp b/mlx/backend/cpu/distributed.cpp
index d641d581b..8792eb155 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cpu/distributed.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/cpu/distributed.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void Recv::eval_cpu(
     std::vector<array>& outputs) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 0);
   assert(outputs.size() == 1);
+  (void)inputs;
 
   outputs[0].set_data(allocator::malloc(outputs[0].nbytes()));
   distributed::detail::recv(group(), outputs[0], src_, stream());
diff --git a/mlx/backend/cpu/primitives.cpp b/mlx/backend/cpu/primitives.cpp
index 18db2b3dd..889a11ac3 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cpu/primitives.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/cpu/primitives.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ void Transpose::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
 
 void Arange::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 0);
+  (void)inputs;
   out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
   switch (out.dtype()) {
     case bool_: