diff --git a/swig/StringArray.i b/swig/StringArray.i
index 826a90ba8..b179b02df 100644
--- a/swig/StringArray.i
+++ b/swig/StringArray.i
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     StringArrayHandle StringArrayHandle_create(size_t num_strings, size_t string_size) {
         try {
             return new StringArray(num_strings, string_size);
-        } catch (std::bad_alloc &e) {
+        } catch (std::bad_alloc &/*e*/) {
             return nullptr;
         }
     }
diff --git a/swig/StringArray_API_extensions.i b/swig/StringArray_API_extensions.i
index 7ffcfbb57..998576579 100644
--- a/swig/StringArray_API_extensions.i
+++ b/swig/StringArray_API_extensions.i
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
         try {
             strings.reset(new StringArray(eval_counts, string_size));
-        } catch (std::bad_alloc &e) {
+        } catch (std::bad_alloc &/*e*/) {
             LGBM_SetLastError("Failure to allocate memory.");
             return nullptr;
         }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
         try {
             strings.reset(new StringArray(num_features, max_feature_name_size));
-        } catch (std::bad_alloc &e) {
+        } catch (std::bad_alloc &/*e*/) {
             LGBM_SetLastError("Failure to allocate memory.");
             return nullptr;
         }
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                                                    nullptr));
         try {
             strings.reset(new StringArray(num_features, max_feature_name_size));
-        } catch (std::bad_alloc &e) {
+        } catch (std::bad_alloc &/*e*/) {
             LGBM_SetLastError("Failure to allocate memory.");
             return nullptr;
         }