diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 82602c78..b7057c92 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ dnl Suppress format warning on Windows targets due to their <inttypes.h>
 PA_ADD_CFLAGS([-Wpedantic-ms-format],[-Wno-pedantic-ms-format])
 PA_ADD_CFLAGS([-Wc90-c99-compat])
 PA_ADD_CFLAGS([-Wlong-long],[-Wno-long-long])
-PA_ADD_CFLAGS([-Wwrite-strings])
+dnl PA_ADD_CFLAGS([-Wwrite-strings])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([werror],
 [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-werror],
 [compile with -Werror to error out on any warning])],