diff --git a/include/mapnik/warning_ignore.hpp b/include/mapnik/warning_ignore.hpp
index 6be432f0b..ccbf16925 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/warning_ignore.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/warning_ignore.hpp
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wreserved-id-macro"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wweak-vtables"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wextra-semi"
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wc++98-compat-pedantic"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wglobal-constructors"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wheader-hygiene"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wexit-time-destructors"
@@ -55,4 +54,3 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wmissing-noreturn"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcovered-switch-default"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
-