diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 075229d441..fc8725e9ca 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3333,7 +3333,6 @@ check_cflags -Wdisabled-optimization
 check_cflags -Wpointer-arith
 check_cflags -Wredundant-decls
 check_cflags -Wno-pointer-sign
-check_cflags -Wcast-qual
 check_cflags -Wwrite-strings
 check_cflags -Wtype-limits
 check_cflags -Wundef