diff --git a/apps/webbrowser/www.c b/apps/webbrowser/www.c
index 11ed1384a..bc37ba9cf 100644
--- a/apps/webbrowser/www.c
+++ b/apps/webbrowser/www.c
@@ -842,7 +842,9 @@ add_pagewidget(char *text, unsigned char size, char *attrib, unsigned char type,
 void
 htmlparser_newline(void)
 {
+#ifdef WITH_PETSCII
   char *wptr;
+#endif /* WITH_PETSCII */
 
   if(++newlines > 2) {
     return;
@@ -862,9 +864,10 @@ htmlparser_newline(void)
   ++y;
   x = 0;
 
+#ifdef WITH_PETSCII
   wptr = webpageptr - WWW_CONF_WEBPAGE_WIDTH;
   petsciiconv_topetscii(wptr, WWW_CONF_WEBPAGE_WIDTH);
-  (void)wptr;
+#endif /* WITH_PETSCII */
 
   if(y == WWW_CONF_WEBPAGE_HEIGHT) {
     loading = 0;