diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c0656f4fb3..f1b00c5aee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ CC_CHECK_FLAGS_APPEND([with_cflags], [CFLAGS], [\
         -Wold-style-definition \
         -Wpointer-arith \
         -Winit-self \
-        -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
         -Wfloat-equal \
         -Wmissing-prototypes \
         -Wstrict-prototypes \