diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dda6fab3ef..a17bc8445e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1785,8 +1785,6 @@ check_cflags -Wpointer-arith
 check_cflags -Wredundant-decls
 check_cflags -Wno-pointer-sign
 check_cflags -Wcast-qual
-check_cflags -Werror=declaration-after-statement
-check_cflags -Werror=pointer-arith
 enabled extra_warnings && check_cflags -Winline
 
 # add some linker flags