diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f5f77e790ed..63c15deefc3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ if test "x$CXXFLAGS_overridden" = "xno"; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wformat -Wformat-security],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wformat -Wformat-security"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wvla],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wvla"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wshadow-field],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wshadow-field"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
-  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wswitch],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wswitch"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wthread-safety],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wthread-safety"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wloop-analysis],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wloop-analysis"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wredundant-decls],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wredundant-decls"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])