diff --git a/Config.mk b/Config.mk
index c184add653..98ca1e2847 100644
--- a/Config.mk
+++ b/Config.mk
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ CFLAGS += -std=gnu99
 
 CFLAGS += -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
 
-$(call cc-option-add,HOSTCFLAGS,HOSTCC,-Wdeclaration-after-statement)
-$(call cc-option-add,CFLAGS,CC,-Wdeclaration-after-statement)
 $(call cc-option-add,CFLAGS,CC,-Wno-unused-but-set-variable)
 $(call cc-option-add,CFLAGS,CC,-Wno-unused-local-typedefs)
 
diff --git a/stubdom/Makefile b/stubdom/Makefile
index 71c9b2200e..8c503c2bf8 100644
--- a/stubdom/Makefile
+++ b/stubdom/Makefile
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ tpm_emulator-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH): tpm_emulator-$(TPMEMU_VERSION).tar.gz
 	patch -d $@ -p1 < vtpm-command-duration.patch
 	patch -d $@ -p1 < vtpm-tpm_bn_t-addr.patch
 	mkdir $@/build
-	cd $@/build; CC=${CC} $(CMAKE) .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="-std=c99 -DTPM_NO_EXTERN $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -Wno-declaration-after-statement"
+	cd $@/build; CC=${CC} $(CMAKE) .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="-std=c99 -DTPM_NO_EXTERN $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
 	touch $@
 
 TPMEMU_STAMPFILE=$(CROSS_ROOT)/$(GNU_TARGET_ARCH)-xen-elf/lib/libtpm.a
diff --git a/stubdom/vtpmmgr/Makefile b/stubdom/vtpmmgr/Makefile
index 6dae034a07..c29bb49838 100644
--- a/stubdom/vtpmmgr/Makefile
+++ b/stubdom/vtpmmgr/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ OBJS += vtpm_disk.o disk_tpm.o disk_io.o disk_crypto.o disk_read.o disk_write.o
 OBJS += mgmt_authority.o
 
 CFLAGS+=-Werror -Iutil -Icrypto -Itcs
-CFLAGS+=-Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wno-unused-label
+CFLAGS+=-Wno-unused-label
 
 build: $(TARGET)
 $(TARGET): $(OBJS)
diff --git a/tools/libs/light/Makefile b/tools/libs/light/Makefile
index ba4c1b7933..37e4d16709 100644
--- a/tools/libs/light/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libs/light/Makefile
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ vpath static_tables.c $(ACPI_PATH)/
 
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_X86) += $(ACPI_OBJS)
 
-CFLAGS += -Wno-format-zero-length -Wmissing-declarations \
-	-Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wformat-nonliteral
+CFLAGS += -Wno-format-zero-length -Wmissing-declarations -Wformat-nonliteral
 
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_X86) += -DCONFIG_PCI_SUPP_LEGACY_IRQ
 
diff --git a/tools/libs/util/Makefile b/tools/libs/util/Makefile
index c3b21875dc..936ec90a31 100644
--- a/tools/libs/util/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libs/util/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ OBJS-y += libxlu_disk.o
 OBJS-y += libxlu_vif.o
 OBJS-y += libxlu_pci.o
 
-CFLAGS += -Wno-format-zero-length -Wmissing-declarations \
-	-Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wformat-nonliteral
+CFLAGS += -Wno-format-zero-length -Wmissing-declarations -Wformat-nonliteral
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl)
 
 CFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tools/tests/depriv/Makefile b/tools/tests/depriv/Makefile
index 7d9e3b01bb..5404a12f47 100644
--- a/tools/tests/depriv/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tests/depriv/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 XEN_ROOT=$(CURDIR)/../../..
 include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/Rules.mk
 
-CFLAGS += -Wno-declaration-after-statement
-
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_xeninclude)
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl)
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxencall)
diff --git a/tools/xl/Makefile b/tools/xl/Makefile
index 5f7aa5f46c..d742e96a5b 100644
--- a/tools/xl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/xl/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../..
 include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/Rules.mk
 
-CFLAGS += -Wno-format-zero-length -Wmissing-declarations \
-	-Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wformat-nonliteral
+CFLAGS += -Wno-format-zero-length -Wmissing-declarations -Wformat-nonliteral
 CFLAGS += -fPIC
 
 CFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
index ca571103c8..360fb6dcae 100644
--- a/xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/Makefile
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_CC_SPLIT_SECTIONS) += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
 
 CFLAGS += -nostdinc -fno-builtin -fno-common
 CFLAGS += -Werror -Wredundant-decls -Wwrite-strings -Wno-pointer-arith
+$(call cc-option-add,CFLAGS,CC,-Wdeclaration-after-statement)
 $(call cc-option-add,CFLAGS,CC,-Wvla)
 CFLAGS += -pipe -D__XEN__ -include $(srctree)/include/xen/config.h
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO) += -g