diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 621f923cdb..0d8159bbab 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -337,12 +337,6 @@ if main['GCC'] or main['CLANG']:
     main.Append(PSHLINKFLAGS=shared_partial_flags)
     main.Append(PLINKFLAGS=shared_partial_flags)
 
-    # Treat warnings as errors but white list some warnings that we
-    # want to allow (e.g., deprecation warnings).
-    main.Append(CCFLAGS=['-Werror',
-                         '-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations',
-                         '-Wno-error=deprecated',
-                        ])
 else:
     error('\n'.join((
           "Don't know what compiler options to use for your compiler.",