diff --git a/Engine/source/platform/types.visualc.h b/Engine/source/platform/types.visualc.h
index e383c1ea7..36d075d07 100644
--- a/Engine/source/platform/types.visualc.h
+++ b/Engine/source/platform/types.visualc.h
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@
 typedef signed _int64   S64;
 typedef unsigned _int64 U64;
 
+// The types.h version of TORQUE_UNUSED no longer works for recent versions of MSVC.
+// Since it appears that MS has made this impossible to do in a zero-overhead way,
+// just turn the warning off in release builds.
+#undef TORQUE_UNUSED
+#ifdef TORQUE_DEBUG
+#define TORQUE_UNUSED(var) ((0,0) ? (void)(var) : (void)0)
+#else
+#pragma warning(disable: 4189) // local variable is initialized but not referenced
+#define TORQUE_UNUSED(var) ((void)0)
+#endif
 
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 // Compiler Version