diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f640ac35..b7acbc7bc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES "Clang")
       "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++0x -Wall -pedantic -Werror -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter")
   set(FLATBUFFERS_PRIVATE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wold-style-cast")
   if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.8)
-    list(APPEND FLATBUFFERS_PRIVATE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wimplicit-fallthrough" "-Wextra-semi" "-Wc++98-compat-extra-semi" "-Werror=unused-private-field") # enable warning
+    list(APPEND FLATBUFFERS_PRIVATE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wimplicit-fallthrough" "-Wextra-semi" "-Werror=unused-private-field") # enable warning
   endif()
   if(FLATBUFFERS_LIBCXX_WITH_CLANG)
     if(NOT "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "Linux")