diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5943a4c4e67..f8e807dadd5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ if test "x$CXXFLAGS_overridden" = "xno"; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wunused-member-function],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wunused-member-function"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wdate-time],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wdate-time"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wconditional-uninitialized],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wconditional-uninitialized"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
-  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wsign-compare],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wsign-compare"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wduplicated-branches],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wduplicated-branches"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wduplicated-cond],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wduplicated-cond"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wlogical-op],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wlogical-op"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])