diff --git a/src/config/options.inc b/src/config/options.inc
index 2e79f8fa3..97b1c9b66 100644
--- a/src/config/options.inc
+++ b/src/config/options.inc
@@ -632,29 +632,43 @@ static struct option_info config_options_info[] = {
 		N_("Codepage used in dump output. 'System' stands for\n"
 		"a codepage determined by a selected locale.")),
 
-	INIT_OPT_INT("document.dump", N_("Color mode"),
-		"color_mode", 0, -1,
+	/* The #if directives cannot be inside the argument list of
+	 * the INIT_OPT_INT macro; that wouldn't be standard C.
+	 * And they especially cannot be inside the argument list of N_;
+	 * xgettext (GNU gettext-tools) 0.14.3 wouldn't support that. */
 #if defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) && defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS)
-3,
-#elif defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) || defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS)
-2,
-#else
-1,
-#endif
--1,
+	INIT_OPT_INT("document.dump", N_("Color mode"),
+		"color_mode", 0, -1, 3, -1,
 		N_("Color mode for dumps:\n"
 		"-1 is standard dump mode\n"
 		"0 is mono mode\n"
 		"1 is 16 color mode\n"
-#if defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) && defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS)
 		"2 is 88 color mode\n"
-		"3 is 256 color mode\n"
-#elif defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS)
-		"2 is 88 color mode\n"
-#elif defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS)
-		"2 is 256 color mode\n"
-#endif
-		)),
+		"3 is 256 color mode")),
+#elif defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) /* && !defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS) */
+	INIT_OPT_INT("document.dump", N_("Color mode"),
+		"color_mode", 0, -1, 2, -1,
+		N_("Color mode for dumps:\n"
+		"-1 is standard dump mode\n"
+		"0 is mono mode\n"
+		"1 is 16 color mode\n"
+		"2 is 88 color mode")),
+#elif defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS) /* && !defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) */
+	INIT_OPT_INT("document.dump", N_("Color mode"),
+		"color_mode", 0, -1, 2, -1,
+		N_("Color mode for dumps:\n"
+		"-1 is standard dump mode\n"
+		"0 is mono mode\n"
+		"1 is 16 color mode\n"
+		"2 is 256 color mode")),
+#else /* !defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) && !defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS) */
+	INIT_OPT_INT("document.dump", N_("Color mode"),
+		"color_mode", 0, -1, 1, -1,
+		N_("Color mode for dumps:\n"
+		"-1 is standard dump mode\n"
+		"0 is mono mode\n"
+		"1 is 16 color mode")),
+#endif /* !defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) && !defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS) */
 
 	INIT_OPT_STRING("document.dump", N_("Footer"),
 		"footer", 0, "",
diff --git a/src/viewer/dump/dump.c b/src/viewer/dump/dump.c
index 6179f6f68..6b2a5e05a 100644
--- a/src/viewer/dump/dump.c
+++ b/src/viewer/dump/dump.c
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ static struct download dump_download;
 static int dump_redir_count = 0;
 
 static int dump_to_file_16(struct document *document, int fd);
+#if defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) || defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS)
 static int dump_to_file_256(struct document *document, int fd);
+#endif
 
 /* This dumps the given @cached's source onto @fd nothing more. It returns 0 if it
  * all went fine and 1 if something isn't quite right and we should terminate
@@ -521,6 +523,11 @@ fail:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* configure --enable-debug uses gcc -Wall -Werror, and -Wall includes
+ * -Wunused-function, so declaring or defining any unused function
+ * would break the build. */
+#if defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) || defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS)
+
 static int
 write_color_256(unsigned char *str, unsigned char color, int fd, unsigned char *buf, int *bptr)
 {
@@ -648,6 +655,7 @@ fail:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#endif /* defined(CONFIG_88_COLORS) || defined(CONFIG_256_COLORS) */
 
 int
 dump_to_file(struct document *document, int fd)