diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/console.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/console.c
index 396bd7f63..f34a8d19d 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/console.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/console.c
@@ -627,16 +627,14 @@ ConWriteString(char* pszString, int cbString)
 	if ((needed = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, pszString, cbString, NULL, 0)) == 0 ||
 	    (utf16 = malloc(needed * sizeof(wchar_t))) == NULL ||
 	    (cnt = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, pszString, cbString, utf16, needed)) == 0) {
-		const char* pszStringConst = pszString;
-		Result = (DWORD)printf_s(pszStringConst);
+		Result = (DWORD)printf_s(pszString);	// CodeQL [SM01734] false positive: call is not format string with arguments.
 	}
 	else {
 		if (GetConsoleOutputHandle())
 			WriteConsoleW(GetConsoleOutputHandle(), utf16, cnt, &Result, 0);
 		else
 		{
-			const wchar_t* utf16Const = utf16;
-			Result = (DWORD)wprintf_s(utf16Const);
+			Result = (DWORD)wprintf_s(utf16);	// CodeQL [SM01734] false positive: call is not format string with arguments.
 		}
 	}