diff --git a/modules/objdetect/test/test_qr_utils.hpp b/modules/objdetect/test/test_qr_utils.hpp
index cfbe1a5078..115c767f71 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/test/test_qr_utils.hpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/test/test_qr_utils.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ void check_qr(const string& root, const string& name_current_image, const string
                 const std::vector<Point>& corners,
                 const std::vector<string>& decoded_info, const int max_pixel_error,
                 bool isMulti = false) {
+#ifndef HAVE_QUIRC
+    CV_UNUSED(decoded_info);
+#endif
     const std::string dataset_config = findDataFile(root + "dataset_config.json");
     FileStorage file_config(dataset_config, FileStorage::READ);
     ASSERT_TRUE(file_config.isOpened()) << "Can't read validation data: " << dataset_config;
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/test/test_qrcode.cpp b/modules/objdetect/test/test_qrcode.cpp
index 5e6ec6faf5..9b7d8ceda4 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/test/test_qrcode.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/test/test_qrcode.cpp
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ TEST_P(Objdetect_QRCode_Multi, regression)
         qrcode = QRCodeDetectorAruco();
     }
     std::vector<Point> corners;
-#ifdef HAVE_QUIRC
     std::vector<cv::String> decoded_info;
+#ifdef HAVE_QUIRC
     std::vector<Mat> straight_barcode;
     EXPECT_TRUE(qrcode.detectAndDecodeMulti(src, decoded_info, corners, straight_barcode));
     ASSERT_FALSE(corners.empty());
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ TEST(Objdetect_QRCode_detect_flipped, regression_23249)
 
     for(const auto &flipped_image : flipped_images){
         const std::string &image_name = flipped_image.first;
-        const std::string &expect_msg = flipped_image.second;
 
         std::string image_path = findDataFile(root + image_name);
         Mat src = imread(image_path);
@@ -551,6 +550,7 @@ TEST(Objdetect_QRCode_detect_flipped, regression_23249)
         EXPECT_TRUE(!corners.empty());
         std::string decoded_msg;
         #ifdef HAVE_QUIRC
+            const std::string &expect_msg = flipped_image.second;
             EXPECT_NO_THROW(decoded_msg = qrcode.decode(src, corners, straight_barcode));
             ASSERT_FALSE(straight_barcode.empty()) << "Can't decode qrimage.";
             EXPECT_EQ(expect_msg, decoded_msg);