diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 722bee7ee..e8aff8778 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -1374,6 +1374,12 @@ fn generate_app_menus(apps: &Vec::<String>) {
     // construct the app menu
     let mut menu = String::new();
     writeln!(menu, "// This file is auto-generated by xtask/main.rs generate_app_menus()").unwrap();
+    if apps.len() == 0 {
+        writeln!(menu, "// NO APPS SELECTED: suppressing warning messages!").unwrap();
+        writeln!(menu, "#![allow(dead_code)]").unwrap();
+        writeln!(menu, "#![allow(unused_imports)]").unwrap();
+        writeln!(menu, "#![allow(unused_variables)]").unwrap();
+    }
     writeln!(menu, r####"use crate::StatusOpcode;
 use gam::{{MenuItem, MenuPayload}};
 use locales::t;