diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index bd26e4552e..e8107ea2c7 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -420,14 +420,6 @@ for variant_path in variant_paths:
                     conf.CheckLinkFlag('-Wl,--threads')
                     conf.CheckLinkFlag(
                             '-Wl,--thread-count=%d' % GetOption('num_jobs'))
-
-        # Treat warnings as errors but white list some warnings that we
-        # want to allow (e.g., deprecation warnings).
-        env.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.",