diff --git a/cmake/test_utils.cmake b/cmake/test_utils.cmake
index 1ce2e20e2..44e12ad43 100644
--- a/cmake/test_utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/test_utils.cmake
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function(boost_mysql_common_target_settings TARGET_NAME)
         target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-implicit-fallthrough)
     else()
         # -Wno-gnu-zero-variadic-macro-arguments is required by Boost.Describe, for empty base class lists
-        target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror -Wno-gnu-zero-variadic-macro-arguments)
+        target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-gnu-zero-variadic-macro-arguments)
     endif()
 
     set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF) # disable extensions