diff --git a/lib/replace/wscript b/lib/replace/wscript
index 6cbae932b20..a7fd25d15bc 100644
--- a/lib/replace/wscript
+++ b/lib/replace/wscript
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ def build(bld):
                       private_library=True,
                       deps='crypt dl nsl socket rt attr' + extra_libs)
 
-    replace_test_cflags="-Wno-format-zero-length"
+    replace_test_cflags = ''
     if bld.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_WNO_FORMAT_TRUNCATION'):
         replace_test_cflags += " -Wno-format-truncation"
     bld.SAMBA_SUBSYSTEM('replace-test',