diff --git a/mps/code/lii6gc.gmk b/mps/code/lii6gc.gmk
index d5307563142..47d1bb744e0 100644
--- a/mps/code/lii6gc.gmk
+++ b/mps/code/lii6gc.gmk
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ include gc.gmk
 
 CC = cc
 
-# Suppress some warnings (SuSE).
-#   .void: -Wpointer-arith cannot be used because the string.h header does
-#   arithmetic on void*.
-CFLAGSCOMPILER := -pthread $(subst -Wpointer-arith,,$(CFLAGSCOMPILER))
-
 include comm.gmk