diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c3eabad1313..a53705aa226 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ if test "x$CXXFLAGS_overridden" = "xno"; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wunused-parameter],[NOWARN_CXXFLAGS="$NOWARN_CXXFLAGS -Wno-unused-parameter"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wself-assign],[NOWARN_CXXFLAGS="$NOWARN_CXXFLAGS -Wno-self-assign"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wunused-local-typedef],[NOWARN_CXXFLAGS="$NOWARN_CXXFLAGS -Wno-unused-local-typedef"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
-  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wdeprecated-register],[NOWARN_CXXFLAGS="$NOWARN_CXXFLAGS -Wno-deprecated-register"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wimplicit-fallthrough],[NOWARN_CXXFLAGS="$NOWARN_CXXFLAGS -Wno-implicit-fallthrough"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wdeprecated-copy],[NOWARN_CXXFLAGS="$NOWARN_CXXFLAGS -Wno-deprecated-copy"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
 fi