diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_win64.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_win64.sh
index d8c36ccf85..e42828ac1f 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_win64.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_win64.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ export DPKG_ADD_ARCH="i386"
 export PACKAGES="nsis g++-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix wine-binfmt wine64 wine32 file"
 export RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false
 export GOAL="deploy"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-reduce-exports --enable-external-signer --disable-gui-tests"
+# Prior to 11.0.0, the mingw-w64 headers were missing noreturn attributes, causing warnings when
+# cross-compiling for Windows. https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/306/
+# https://github.com/mingw-w64/mingw-w64/commit/1690994f515910a31b9fb7c7bd3a52d4ba987abe
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-reduce-exports --enable-external-signer --disable-gui-tests CXXFLAGS=-Wno-return-type"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9e3a7cca8a..d6f822845a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -427,12 +427,6 @@ if test "$enable_werror" = "yes"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([enable-werror set but -Werror is not usable])
   fi
   ERROR_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAG_WERROR
-
-  dnl -Wreturn-type is broken in GCC for MinGW-w64.
-  dnl https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/306/
-  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=return-type], [], [ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS -Wno-error=return-type"], [$CXXFLAG_WERROR],
-                        [AC_LANG_SOURCE([[#include <cassert>
-                                          int f(){ assert(false); }]])])
 fi
 
 if test "$CXXFLAGS_overridden" = "no"; then