diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index 6901ef490a..8deb099cec 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -437,8 +437,6 @@ CFLAGS_common += -Wno-packed-not-aligned
 CFLAGS_common += -fconserve-stack
 CFLAGS_common += -Wnull-dereference -Wreturn-type
 CFLAGS_common += -Wlogical-op -Wduplicated-cond -Wno-array-compare
-# cf. commit f69a99db (coreboot: x86: enable gc-sections)
-CFLAGS_common += -Wno-unused-but-set-variable
 endif
 endif