diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/MyersDiff.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/MyersDiff.java
index 6216fdedb..9810a6ab2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/MyersDiff.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/MyersDiff.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 public class MyersDiff<S extends Sequence> {
 	/** Singleton instance of MyersDiff. */
 	public static final DiffAlgorithm INSTANCE = new LowLevelDiffAlgorithm() {
+		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 		@Override
 		public <S extends Sequence> void diffNonCommon(EditList edits,
 				HashedSequenceComparator<S> cmp, HashedSequence<S> a,