diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d15726fb546101e3e0f8e7717c9be322f006d52..1ec5289a871f3581fed5755cf76931d753304f9e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ LINUXINCLUDE    := \
 		$(USERINCLUDE)
 
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__ -fno-PIE
-KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
+KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar -fno-PIE \
 		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
 		   -Wno-format-security \
@@ -832,9 +832,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-fconserve-stack)
 # disallow errors like 'EXPORT_GPL(foo);' with missing header
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=implicit-int)
 
-# require functions to have arguments in prototypes, not empty 'int foo()'
-KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=strict-prototypes)
-
 # Prohibit date/time macros, which would make the build non-deterministic
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=date-time)