diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 42cb3144a5be447930e02e0bd2a349a87214e382..200897870909b4e3f762ae9db242f9e74c5dd837 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ sdl_config="${SDL_CONFIG-${cross_prefix}sdl-config}"
 # default flags for all hosts
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wall -Wundef -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes $QEMU_CFLAGS"
-QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls $QEMU_CFLAGS"
+QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wredundant-decls $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_INCLUDES="-I. -I\$(SRC_PATH) -I\$(SRC_PATH)/include"
 if test "$debug_info" = "yes"; then