diff --git a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
index a6053f0947a..74e80d0fe6f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=beb43c9e064555469bd4390dcfd8030b1536e0aa103f08d7abf7ae8cac0cb001
 
-if [ ${XBPS_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR} -gt 5 ]; then
-	CFLAGS="-Wno-error=format-nonliteral"
-fi
+CFLAGS="-Wno-error=format-nonliteral"