diff --git a/subsurface-core/git-access.c b/subsurface-core/git-access.c
index f18762bfc..c902bf60b 100644
--- a/subsurface-core/git-access.c
+++ b/subsurface-core/git-access.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static git_repository *create_local_repo(const char *localdir, const char *remot
 			 * to our cloud storage and the branch doesn't exist.
 			 * So we need to create the branch and push it to the remote */
 			cloned_repo = create_and_push_remote(localdir, remote, branch);
-#if !defined(DEBUG)
+#if !defined(DEBUG) && !defined(SUBSURFACE_MOBILE)
 		} else if (is_subsurface_cloud) {
 			report_error(translate("gettextFromC", "Error connecting to Subsurface cloud storage"));
 #endif