diff --git a/wsutil/ws_getopt.c b/wsutil/ws_getopt.c
index a907e7344c..27816b2675 100644
--- a/wsutil/ws_getopt.c
+++ b/wsutil/ws_getopt.c
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@
 
 #include <wsutil/ws_getopt.h>
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-/* disable: "warning 4244: 'conversion' conversion from 'type1' to 'type2', possible loss of data" */
-#pragma warning(disable:4244)
-#endif
-
-
 char *ws_optarg;
 int ws_optind=1, ws_opterr=1, ws_optopt, ws_optpos, ws_optreset=0;