diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 86831cf843..474f80dd69 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS($GST_GIT, [
 dnl define an ERROR_CXXFLAGS Makefile variable
 AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CXXFLAGS($GST_GIT, [
         -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wundef
-        -Wwrite-strings -Wold-style-definition -Wcast-align
+        -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-align
         -Winit-self -Wmissing-include-dirs -Waddress -Wno-multichar ])
 
 dnl define correct level for debugging messages