diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 43bb46832..3b15c6b5e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'gcc' or cc.get_id() == 'clang'
     # Due to pervasive use of things like GPOINTER_TO_UINT(), we do not support
     # building with -Wbad-function-cast.
     '-Wno-bad-function-cast',
-    '-Werror=declaration-after-statement',
     '-Werror=implicit-function-declaration',
     '-Werror=missing-prototypes',
     '-Werror=pointer-sign',