diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 46e877b42d2af59bdcc55810dd387590dd025754..7e190d522cd5848123b0d98220e6555fd3e70c69 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ endif
 # Include saner warnings here, which can catch bugs:
 #
 
-EXTRA_WARNINGS := -Wcast-align
-EXTRA_WARNINGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -Wformat
+EXTRA_WARNINGS := -Wformat
 EXTRA_WARNINGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -Wformat-security
 EXTRA_WARNINGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -Wformat-y2k
 EXTRA_WARNINGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -Wshadow