diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
index 779e9f8196..8e2d172f66 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[debug] = ",,,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[secureboot] = ",,,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tpm] = "-D TPM_ENABLE=TRUE,-D TPM_ENABLE=FALSE,,"
 
-# GCC12 trips on it
-#see https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/edk2/blob/rawhide/f/0032-Basetools-turn-off-gcc12-warning.patch
-BUILD_CFLAGS += "-Wno-error=stringop-overflow"
-
 SRC_URI = "gitsm://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git;branch=master;protocol=https;tag=${PV} \
            file://0001-ovmf-update-path-to-native-BaseTools.patch \
            file://0002-BaseTools-makefile-adjust-to-build-in-under-bitbake.patch \