diff --git a/src/sshagent/SSHAgent.cpp b/src/sshagent/SSHAgent.cpp
index a6aedca37..3bd3c8df3 100644
--- a/src/sshagent/SSHAgent.cpp
+++ b/src/sshagent/SSHAgent.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void SSHAgent::setUseOpenSSH(bool useOpenSSH)
 }
 #endif
 
-QString SSHAgent::socketPath(bool allowOverride = true) const
+QString SSHAgent::socketPath(bool allowOverride) const
 {
     QString socketPath;
 
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ QString SSHAgent::socketPath(bool allowOverride = true) const
         socketPath = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment().value("SSH_AUTH_SOCK");
     }
 #else
+    Q_UNUSED(allowOverride)
     socketPath = "\\\\.\\pipe\\openssh-ssh-agent";
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/sshagent/SSHAgent.h b/src/sshagent/SSHAgent.h
index 9c76e8e6a..a70af44c8 100644
--- a/src/sshagent/SSHAgent.h
+++ b/src/sshagent/SSHAgent.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
 
     bool isEnabled() const;
     void setEnabled(bool enabled);
-    QString socketPath(bool allowOverride) const;
+    QString socketPath(bool allowOverride = true) const;
     QString authSockOverride() const;
     void setAuthSockOverride(QString& authSockOverride);
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN