diff --git a/http/parsing.hpp b/http/parsing.hpp
index cf81353..d596211 100644
--- a/http/parsing.hpp
+++ b/http/parsing.hpp
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
             req.getHeaderValue(boost::beast::http::field::content_type)))
     {
         BMCWEB_LOG_WARNING("Failed to parse content type on request");
-#ifndef BMCWEB_INSECURE_IGNORE_CONTENT_TYPE
-        return JsonParseResult::BadContentType;
-#endif
+        if constexpr (!BMCWEB_INSECURE_IGNORE_CONTENT_TYPE)
+        {
+            return JsonParseResult::BadContentType;
+        }
     }
     jsonOut = nlohmann::json::parse(req.body(), nullptr, false);
     if (jsonOut.is_discarded())