diff --git a/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk b/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
index 598107c70..7aa04afa2 100644
--- a/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
+++ b/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVMTOOLS_PAM),y)
 OPENVMTOOLS_CONF_OPTS += --with-pam
-OPENVMTOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += CFLAGS+="-Wno-unused-local-typedefs"
 OPENVMTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam
 else
 OPENVMTOOLS_CONF_OPTS += --without-pam