diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
index 5ca6fa52c..431791611 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ class parser
     JSON_INTERNAL_ALWAYS_INLINE
     std::false_type report_error(SAX* sax, const Exception& ex, std::false_type /*allow_recovery*/)
     {
+        static_cast<void>(sax); // MSVC 2015 does not count calling a static parse_error() as using it
         error_reported = true;
         static_cast<void>(sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(), m_lexer.get_token_string(), ex));
         return {};
@@ -863,6 +864,7 @@ class parser
     template<typename SAX, typename Exception>
     bool report_error(SAX* sax, const Exception& ex, std::true_type /*allow_recovery*/)
     {
+        static_cast<void>(sax); // MSVC 2015 does not count calling a static parse_error() as using it
         const std::size_t position = m_lexer.get_position().chars_read_total;
         if (error_reported && position == last_error_position && last_token == last_error_token)
         {
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index aa78b5765..19daed6b9 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -20646,6 +20646,7 @@ class parser
     JSON_INTERNAL_ALWAYS_INLINE
     std::false_type report_error(SAX* sax, const Exception& ex, std::false_type /*allow_recovery*/)
     {
+        static_cast<void>(sax); // MSVC 2015 does not count calling a static parse_error() as using it
         error_reported = true;
         static_cast<void>(sax->parse_error(m_lexer.get_position(), m_lexer.get_token_string(), ex));
         return {};
@@ -20658,6 +20659,7 @@ class parser
     template<typename SAX, typename Exception>
     bool report_error(SAX* sax, const Exception& ex, std::true_type /*allow_recovery*/)
     {
+        static_cast<void>(sax); // MSVC 2015 does not count calling a static parse_error() as using it
         const std::size_t position = m_lexer.get_position().chars_read_total;
         if (error_reported && position == last_error_position && last_token == last_error_token)
         {
diff --git a/tests/src/unit-sax_parse.cpp b/tests/src/unit-sax_parse.cpp
index 51d549e04..207c6e9d1 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-sax_parse.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-sax_parse.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ using json = nlohmann::json;
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <initializer_list>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
@@ -293,11 +294,11 @@ std::vector<std::uint8_t> bytes(const std::size_t count)
     return std::vector<std::uint8_t>(count, 0xAB);
 }
 
-template<typename... Parts>
-std::vector<std::uint8_t> concatenated(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& first, const Parts& ... rest)
+/// the bytes of @a parts, one after the other
+std::vector<std::uint8_t> concatenated(std::initializer_list<std::vector<std::uint8_t>> parts)
 {
-    std::vector<std::uint8_t> result = first;
-    for (const auto& part : std::initializer_list<std::vector<std::uint8_t>> {rest...})
+    std::vector<std::uint8_t> result;
+    for (const auto& part : parts)
     {
         result.insert(result.end(), part.begin(), part.end());
     }
@@ -437,8 +438,8 @@ TEST_CASE("regression test - #3989 SAX parse_error() returning true")
                     bson_element(0x0B, "regex", {'a', '+', 0, 'i', 0}),           // regular expression
                     bson_element(0x0D, "code", bson_string("f()")),               // JavaScript code
                     bson_element(0x0E, "symbol", bson_string("s")),               // symbol
-                    bson_element(0x0C, "pointer", concatenated(bson_string("c"), bytes(12))), // DBPointer
-                    bson_element(0x0F, "scope", concatenated(bson_int32(15), bson_string("g"), bson_document({}))), // code with scope
+                    bson_element(0x0C, "pointer", concatenated({bson_string("c"), bytes(12)})), // DBPointer
+                    bson_element(0x0F, "scope", concatenated({bson_int32(15), bson_string("g"), bson_document({})})), // code with scope
                     bson_element(0x06, "undefined", {}),                          // undefined
                     bson_element(0xFF, "min", {}),                                // min key
                     bson_element(0x7F, "max", {}),                                // max key
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ TEST_CASE("regression test - #3989 SAX parse_error() returning true")
                 json::input_format_t::bson, bson_document(
                 {
                     bson_element(0x03, "inner", bson_document({bson_element(0x02, "s", bson_string("abc", -10)), bson_element(0x10, "b", bson_int32(2))})),
-                    bson_element(0x03, "bin", bson_document({bson_element(0x05, "b", concatenated(bson_int32(-1), bytes(1))), bson_element(0x10, "b", bson_int32(2))})),
+                    bson_element(0x03, "bin", bson_document({bson_element(0x05, "b", concatenated({bson_int32(-1), bytes(1)})), bson_element(0x10, "b", bson_int32(2))})),
                     bson_element(0x10, "after", bson_int32(3)),
                 }),
                 {{"inner", {{"s", nullptr}}}, {"bin", {{"b", nullptr}}}, {"after", 3}},