diff --git a/component.lisp b/component.lisp
index 392607943f2745381e91a61b60ff96a646c0b202..2dec0edfb0ec912ad4e6e88e0462da811364988e 100644
--- a/component.lisp
+++ b/component.lisp
@@ -273,9 +273,8 @@ children.")))
 ;;;; version-satisfies
 (with-upgradability ()
   ;; short-circuit testing of null version specifications.
-  ;; this is an all-pass                  
+  ;; this is an all-pass, without warning
   (defmethod version-satisfies :around ((c t) (version null))
-    (declare (ignorable c version))
     t)
   (defmethod version-satisfies ((c component) version)
     (unless (and version (slot-boundp c 'version) (component-version c))