diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 33c079b1..ae17c8ce 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Inherited from autoconf / user-specified
 CFLAGS_CONF = @CFLAGS@
-CFLAGS_BASE = -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-function -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Winit-self -Wno-sign-compare -DLIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR='"$(datadir)/libpostal"' -g $(CFLAGS_CONF)
+CFLAGS_BASE = -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-function -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Winit-self -Wno-sign-compare -DLIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR='"$(datadir)/libpostal"' -g $(CFLAGS_CONF)
 CFLAGS_O0 = $(CFLAGS_BASE) -O0
 CFLAGS_O1 = $(CFLAGS_BASE) -O1
 CFLAGS_O2 = $(CFLAGS_BASE) -O2