diff --git a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
index 90582357e..4255a4646 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void CoreProcess::start(std::optional<ProcessMode> processModeOption)
   QString app;
   QStringList args;
 
-  addGenericArgs(args, processMode);
+  addGenericArgs(args);
 
   if (mode() == Server && !addServerArgs(args, app)) {
     qWarning("failed to add server args for core process, aborting start");
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void CoreProcess::cleanup()
   }
 }
 
-bool CoreProcess::addGenericArgs(QStringList &args, const ProcessMode processMode) const
+bool CoreProcess::addGenericArgs(QStringList &args) const
 {
   args << "-f"
        << "--debug" << Settings::logLevelText();
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
index 63aeccf47..93ea35f02 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ private:
   void startProcessFromDaemon(const QString &app, const QStringList &args);
   void stopForegroundProcess() const;
   void stopProcessFromDaemon();
-  bool addGenericArgs(QStringList &args, const ProcessMode processMode) const;
+  bool addGenericArgs(QStringList &args) const;
   bool addServerArgs(QStringList &args, QString &app);
   bool addClientArgs(QStringList &args, QString &app);
   QString persistServerConfig() const;