diff --git a/graphics/cogl/Makefile b/graphics/cogl/Makefile
index adcc5014514d..77d1b6018d78 100644
--- a/graphics/cogl/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/cogl/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.28 2021/04/16 06:49:33 nia Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.29 2021/05/06 08:31:01 wiz Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	cogl-1.22.0
 PKGREVISION=	11
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ USE_LIBTOOL=		yes
 USE_TOOLS+=		gmake gsed pkg-config msgfmt
 USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=	yes
 
-# error: "_MSC_VER" is not defined [-Werror=undef]
-BUILDLINK_TRANSFORM+=	rm:-Werror=undef
+# code is not clean enough for modern compilers
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-maintainer-flags=no
 
 PKGCONFIG_OVERRIDE+=	cogl-gles2/cogl-gles2-experimental.pc.in
 PKGCONFIG_OVERRIDE+=	cogl-pango/cogl-pango-1.0.pc.in