diff --git a/spirv-tools.spec b/spirv-tools.spec
index 4530e99..8697087 100644
--- a/spirv-tools.spec
+++ b/spirv-tools.spec
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ integration into other code bases directly.
 %autosetup -p1 -n SPIRV-Tools-%version
 
 %build
-# silence false positive
-export CFLAGS="%optflags -Wno-error=stringop-overflow" CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 %cmake -DSPIRV-Headers_SOURCE_DIR="%_prefix" \
 	-DSPIRV_TOOLS_BUILD_STATIC:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON
 %cmake_build