diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c6fd9fd8..4f24eb99f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ if (LLAMA_ALL_WARNINGS)
             -Wcast-qual
             -Wmissing-declarations
             -Wno-unused-function
-            -Wno-multichar
         )
         if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")  # clang++ only
             set(cxx_flags ${cxx_flags} -Wmissing-prototypes)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 231a1f1c4..f3da318ef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ endif # LLAMA_DISABLE_LOGS
 # warnings
 MK_CFLAGS    += -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wcast-qual -Wdouble-promotion -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith \
 				-Wmissing-prototypes -Werror=implicit-int -Wno-unused-function
-MK_CXXFLAGS  += -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-unused-function -Wno-multichar
+MK_CXXFLAGS  += -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-unused-function
 
 # TODO(cebtenzzre): remove this once PR #2632 gets merged
 TTFS_CXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS) -Wno-missing-declarations