diff --git a/Make b/Make
index 1ba20fe4c6..e0cfcbe14e 100755
--- a/Make
+++ b/Make
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ fi
 case "$NO_PEDANTIC" in
 ?*)	;;
 '')
-	PEDANT="-Werror -Wold-style-definition -std=c99 $PEDANT"
+	PEDANT="-Werror -Wold-style-definition $PEDANT"
 	PEDANT="-Wpointer-arith -Woverflow -Wunused $PEDANT"
 	PEDANT="-Wold-style-declaration -Wstrict-prototypes $PEDANT"
 	;;