diff --git a/mlx/distributed/distributed.cpp b/mlx/distributed/distributed.cpp
index d71ebb9b1..9c33837d0 100644
--- a/mlx/distributed/distributed.cpp
+++ b/mlx/distributed/distributed.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class EmptyGroup : public GroupImpl {
     return 1;
   }
 
-  std::shared_ptr<GroupImpl> split(int color, int key = -1) override {
+  std::shared_ptr<GroupImpl> split(int /* color */, int /* key */ = -1)
+      override {
     throw std::runtime_error("Cannot split the distributed group further.");
   }