diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4484c079e0..0d5a2dbf79 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ AC_C_FLAG([-Wundef])
 AC_C_FLAG([-Wimplicit-fallthrough])
 AC_C_FLAG([-Wshadow])
 AC_C_FLAG([-Wmissing-noreturn])
-AC_C_FLAG([-Wno-error=missing-noreturn])
 if test "$enable_gcc_ultra_verbose" = "yes" ; then
   AC_C_FLAG([-Wcast-qual])
   AC_C_FLAG([-Wmissing-format-attribute])