diff --git a/plugins/libplugin.c b/plugins/libplugin.c
index fc05f72f8d30..abd3336d5479 100644
--- a/plugins/libplugin.c
+++ b/plugins/libplugin.c
@@ -590,7 +590,9 @@ handle_getmanifest(struct command *getmanifest_cmd,
 	struct json_stream *params = jsonrpc_stream_success(getmanifest_cmd);
 	struct plugin *p = getmanifest_cmd->plugin;
 	const jsmntok_t *dep;
+#if DEVELOPER
 	bool has_shutdown_notif;
+#endif
 
 	/* This was added post 0.9.0 */
 	dep = json_get_member(buf, getmanifest_params, "allow-deprecated-apis");
@@ -630,13 +632,13 @@ handle_getmanifest(struct command *getmanifest_cmd,
 	json_array_end(params);
 
 	json_array_start(params, "subscriptions");
+#if DEVELOPER
 	has_shutdown_notif = false;
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < p->num_notif_subs; i++) {
 		json_add_string(params, NULL, p->notif_subs[i].name);
 		if (streq(p->notif_subs[i].name, "shutdown"))
 			has_shutdown_notif = true;
 	}
-#if DEVELOPER
 	/* For memleak detection, always get notified of shutdown. */
 	if (!has_shutdown_notif)
 		json_add_string(params, NULL, "shutdown");