--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT([lsdvd], [0.17])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_PROG_CC
-if eval "test x$GCC = xyes"; then # Enable warnings when using GCC
-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -W -Wall -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wpointer-arith -Wreturn-type -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wformat -Werror=format-security"
-fi
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([DVDREAD], [dvdread >= 4.1.3])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([debug],