diff --git a/src/inference/src/dev/plugin_config.cpp b/src/inference/src/dev/plugin_config.cpp
index 2b568ab5bbe310..3917b7155dbd1d 100644
--- a/src/inference/src/dev/plugin_config.cpp
+++ b/src/inference/src/dev/plugin_config.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ ov::AnyMap PluginConfig::read_config_file(const std::string& filename, const std
     nlohmann::json json_config;
     try {
         ifs >> json_config;
-    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+    } catch (const std::exception&) {
         return config;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/inference/tests/unit/config_test.cpp b/src/inference/tests/unit/config_test.cpp
index e112e00e1e4241..83b8ab8c67f1bd 100644
--- a/src/inference/tests/unit/config_test.cpp
+++ b/src/inference/tests/unit/config_test.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ TEST(plugin_config, can_create_empty_config) {
 TEST(plugin_config, can_create_not_empty_config) {
     ASSERT_NO_THROW(
         NotEmptyTestConfig cfg;
+#ifdef ENABLE_DEBUG_CAPS
         ASSERT_EQ(cfg.get_supported_properties().size(), 7);
+#else
+        ASSERT_EQ(cfg.get_supported_properties().size(), 5);
+#endif
     );
 }
 
@@ -237,11 +241,13 @@ TEST(plugin_config, set_property_throw_for_non_release_options) {
 TEST(plugin_config, visibility_is_correct) {
     NotEmptyTestConfig cfg;
     ASSERT_EQ(cfg.get_option_ptr(release_internal_property.name())->get_visibility(), OptionVisibility::RELEASE_INTERNAL);
-    ASSERT_EQ(cfg.get_option_ptr(debug_property.name())->get_visibility(), OptionVisibility::DEBUG);
     ASSERT_EQ(cfg.get_option_ptr(int_property.name())->get_visibility(), OptionVisibility::RELEASE);
-}
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_DEBUG_CAPS
+    ASSERT_EQ(cfg.get_option_ptr(debug_property.name())->get_visibility(), OptionVisibility::DEBUG);
+#endif
+}
+
 TEST(plugin_config, can_get_global_property) {
     NotEmptyTestConfig cfg;
     ASSERT_EQ(cfg.get_debug_global_property(), 4);