diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index ca1bc7b5a2..1903756417 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -330,12 +330,6 @@ if main['GCC'] or main['CLANG']:
     if GetOption('gold_linker'):
         main.Append(LINKFLAGS='-fuse-ld=gold')
 
-    # 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.",