diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ecf640bfc..347e8943b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4382,7 +4382,7 @@ fi
 ## If we're using GCC, ask for aggressive warnings.
 case "$GCC" in
   yes )
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes" ;;
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes" ;;
 esac
 
 for ac_prog in mawk gawk nawk awk
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 14dfd8ea3..cefe7048f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -373,7 +373,10 @@ fi
 ## If we're using GCC, ask for aggressive warnings.
 case "$GCC" in
   yes )
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes" ;;
+    ## We had -Wstrict-prototypes in here for a bit, but Guile does too
+    ## much stuff with generic function pointers for that to really be
+    ## less than exasperating.
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes" ;;
 esac
 
 AC_PROG_AWK