diff --git a/openbsc/src/vty/command.c b/openbsc/src/vty/command.c
index 4d445ae..44bdf26 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/vty/command.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/vty/command.c
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@
 	cmd->cmdsize = cmd_cmdsize(cmd->strvec);
 }
 
+#ifdef VTY_CRYPT_PW
 static unsigned char itoa64[] =
     "./0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 
@@ -500,6 +501,7 @@
 
 	return crypt(passwd, salt);
 }
+#endif
 
 /* This function write configuration of this host. */
 static int config_write_host(struct vty *vty)