diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index 6baee1200615..d53825503874 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(findstring 2, $(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN)),)
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wdisabled-optimization
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wnested-externs
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wshadow
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wlogical-op)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wmissing-field-initializers