diff --git a/examples/raytrace-parallel/src/pool.rs b/examples/raytrace-parallel/src/pool.rs
index b5cd4dd7..e0b30404 100644
--- a/examples/raytrace-parallel/src/pool.rs
+++ b/examples/raytrace-parallel/src/pool.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Silences warnings from the compiler about Work.func and child_entry_point
+// being unused when the target is not wasm.
+#![cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), allow(dead_code))]
+
 //! A small module that's intended to provide an example of creating a pool of
 //! web workers which can be used to execute `rayon`-style work.