diff --git a/mps/code/fri3gc.gmk b/mps/code/fri3gc.gmk
index 1f07c612fe0..32f4496de6e 100644
--- a/mps/code/fri3gc.gmk
+++ b/mps/code/fri3gc.gmk
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ CFLAGSOPT = -O -g3
 
 CC = cc
 
-# Suppress some warnings (SuSE).
-#   .void: -Wpointer-arith cannot be used because the string.h header does
-#   arithmetic on void*.
-CFLAGSCOMPILER := $(subst -Wpointer-arith,,$(CFLAGSCOMPILER))
-
 include comm.gmk