diff --git a/scons/gallium.py b/scons/gallium.py
index bb4e3ab902b..065c53c54b2 100644
--- a/scons/gallium.py
+++ b/scons/gallium.py
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ def generate(env):
             '-Wno-long-long',
             '-ffast-math',
             '-std=gnu99',
-            '-pedantic',
             '-fmessage-length=0', # be nice to Eclipse
         ]
     if msvc: