diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8fb048e58..3d3f6b639 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1480,8 +1480,8 @@ else
 fi
 # disable some warnings, whether explicitly enabled above or by default
 # these are not compatible with our custom printf specifiers
-WARN_CFLAGS="$WARN_CFLAGS -Wno-format"
-WARN_CFLAGS="$WARN_CFLAGS -Wno-format-security"
+#WARN_CFLAGS="$WARN_CFLAGS -Wno-format"
+#WARN_CFLAGS="$WARN_CFLAGS -Wno-format-security"
 # we generally use comments, but GCC doesn't seem to recognize many of them
 WARN_CFLAGS="$WARN_CFLAGS -Wno-implicit-fallthrough"
 # we often omit fields when initializing structs (e.g. when using INIT)