diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad54be10..4038f97e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ pedantic_gcc:
 		-Wdouble-promotion \
 		-Wduplicated-branches \
 		-Wduplicated-cond \
-		-Weffc++ \
 		-Wformat-overflow=2 \
 		-Wformat-signedness \
 		-Wformat-truncation=2 \
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index f4103ba9..a170acb9 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ##########################################################################
 
 # additional flags
-CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Weffc++ -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wdisabled-optimization -Wformat=2 -Winit-self -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wold-style-cast -Woverloaded-virtual -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow -Wsign-conversion -Wsign-promo -Wstrict-overflow=5 -Wswitch -Wundef -Wno-unused -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wreorder -Wdeprecated -Wno-float-equal
+CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wdisabled-optimization -Wformat=2 -Winit-self -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wold-style-cast -Woverloaded-virtual -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow -Wsign-conversion -Wsign-promo -Wstrict-overflow=5 -Wswitch -Wundef -Wno-unused -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wreorder -Wdeprecated -Wno-float-equal
 CPPFLAGS += -I ../src -I . -I thirdparty/catch -DCATCH_CONFIG_FAST_COMPILE
 
 SOURCES = src/unit.cpp \