diff --git a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Helpers/AccessibilityExtensions.cs b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Helpers/AccessibilityExtensions.cs
index 0f43c152424..dc9d8941111 100644
--- a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Helpers/AccessibilityExtensions.cs
+++ b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Helpers/AccessibilityExtensions.cs
@@ -29,5 +29,9 @@ public static class AccessibilityExtensions
         /// </summary>
         public static bool IsAccessibleOutsideTheType(this Accessibility accessibility) =>
             accessibility == Accessibility.Public || accessibility == Accessibility.Internal || accessibility == Accessibility.ProtectedOrInternal;
+
+        private static void UnusedMethod()
+        {
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 90d2f81174a..f77c56b79e0 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ stages:
           projectVersion: '$(SONAR_PROJECT_VERSION)'
           extraProperties: |
             sonar.verbose=true
+            sonar.projectBaseDir="$(Build.SourcesDirectory)"
             sonar.cs.opencover.reportsPaths="$(CoveragePath)/*.xml"
             sonar.cs.vstest.reportsPaths="$(UnitTestResultsPath)/*.trx"
             sonar.test.exclusions="$(UnitTestExclusionsPattern)"