diff --git a/generator/binaryserializationcodegenerator.cpp b/generator/binaryserializationcodegenerator.cpp
index 485b324..a527104 100644
--- a/generator/binaryserializationcodegenerator.cpp
+++ b/generator/binaryserializationcodegenerator.cpp
@@ -125,11 +125,16 @@ void BinarySerializationCodeGenerator::generate(ostream &os) const
             os << "    serializer.write(static_cast<const ::" << baseClass->qualifiedName << " &>(customObject));\n";
         }
         os << "    // write members\n";
+        auto membersWritten = false;
         for (const clang::FieldDecl *field : relevantClass.record->fields()) {
             if (writePrivateMembers || field->getAccess() == clang::AS_public) {
                 os << "    serializer.write(customObject." << field->getName() << ");\n";
+                membersWritten = true;
             }
         }
+        if (relevantBases.empty() && !membersWritten) {
+            os << "    (void)serializer;\n    (void)customObject;\n";
+        }
         os << "}\n";
 
         // skip printing the readCustomType method for classes without default constructor because deserializing those is currently not supported
@@ -146,6 +151,7 @@ void BinarySerializationCodeGenerator::generate(ostream &os) const
             os << "    deserializer.read(static_cast<::" << baseClass->qualifiedName << " &>(customObject));\n";
         }
         os << "    // read members\n";
+        auto membersRead = false;
         for (const clang::FieldDecl *field : relevantClass.record->fields()) {
             // skip const members
             if (field->getType().isConstant(field->getASTContext())) {
@@ -153,8 +159,12 @@ void BinarySerializationCodeGenerator::generate(ostream &os) const
             }
             if (readPrivateMembers || field->getAccess() == clang::AS_public) {
                 os << "    deserializer.read(customObject." << field->getName() << ");\n";
+                membersRead = true;
             }
         }
+        if (relevantBases.empty() && !membersRead) {
+            os << "    (void)deserializer;\n    (void)customObject;\n";
+        }
         os << "}\n\n";
     }
 
diff --git a/generator/jsonserializationcodegenerator.cpp b/generator/jsonserializationcodegenerator.cpp
index ad39ddf..3f90657 100644
--- a/generator/jsonserializationcodegenerator.cpp
+++ b/generator/jsonserializationcodegenerator.cpp
@@ -124,11 +124,16 @@ void JsonSerializationCodeGenerator::generate(ostream &os) const
             os << "    push(static_cast<const ::" << baseClass->qualifiedName << " &>(reflectable), value, allocator);\n";
         }
         os << "    // push members\n";
+        auto pushWritten = false;
         for (const clang::FieldDecl *field : relevantClass.record->fields()) {
             if (pushPrivateMembers || field->getAccess() == clang::AS_public) {
                 os << "    push(reflectable." << field->getName() << ", \"" << field->getName() << "\", value, allocator);\n";
+                pushWritten = true;
             }
         }
+        if (relevantBases.empty() && !pushWritten) {
+            os << "    (void)reflectable;\n    (void)value;\n";
+        }
         os << "}\n";
 
         // skip printing the pull method for classes without default constructor because deserializing those is currently not supported
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ void JsonSerializationCodeGenerator::generate(ostream &os) const
            << "\";\n"
               "    }\n"
               "    // pull members\n";
+        auto pullWritten = false;
         for (const clang::FieldDecl *field : relevantClass.record->fields()) {
             // skip const members
             if (field->getType().isConstant(field->getASTContext())) {
@@ -161,8 +167,12 @@ void JsonSerializationCodeGenerator::generate(ostream &os) const
             }
             if (pullPrivateMembers || field->getAccess() == clang::AS_public) {
                 os << "    pull(reflectable." << field->getName() << ", \"" << field->getName() << "\", value, errors);\n";
+                pullWritten = true;
             }
         }
+        if (relevantBases.empty() && !pullWritten) {
+            os << "    (void)reflectable;\n    (void)value;\n";
+        }
         os << "    // restore error context for previous record\n"
               "    if (errors) {\n"
               "        errors->currentRecord = previousRecord;\n"