diff --git a/mkspecs/common/msvc-desktop.conf b/mkspecs/common/msvc-desktop.conf
index 68980ff5cf9..72fe0ec34e1 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/msvc-desktop.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/msvc-desktop.conf
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHANI      = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_SSE2
 
 QMAKE_CXX               = $$QMAKE_CC
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS          = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON  = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON -w34100 -w34189 -w44996
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON  = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON -w34100 -w34189
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_OFF = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE  = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE_WITH_DEBUGINFO