diff --git a/m4/compiler_options.m4 b/m4/compiler_options.m4
index 9d0c58814b..bf847bfc91 100644
--- a/m4/compiler_options.m4
+++ b/m4/compiler_options.m4
@@ -124,12 +124,6 @@ if test "$GCC" = "yes" -a "$set_more_warnings" != "no"; then
 		[int f () { int i = yolo; yolo; return i; }]
 	)
 
-	dnl clang 3.9 would like to see "{ { 0 } }" here, but that does not
-	dnl look too wise.
-	NM_COMPILER_WARNING([$1], [missing-braces],
-		[union { int a[1]; int b[2]; } c = { 0 }]
-	)
-
 	dnl a new warning in gcc 8, glib 2.55 doesn't play nice yet
 	dnl https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793272
 	NM_COMPILER_WARNING([$1], [cast-function-type],
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 24a3b04efe..735591e587 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ if nm_debug
     '-Wno-duplicate-decl-specifier',
     '-Wno-format-truncation',
     '-Wno-gnu-variable-sized-type-not-at-end',
-    '-Wno-missing-braces',
     '-Wno-missing-field-initializers',
     '-Wno-pragmas',
     '-Wno-sign-compare',