diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
index c31fe59..48f4898 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
@@ -109,14 +109,13 @@
 TARGET_ANDROID_CONFIG_CFLAGS := -include $(android_config_h) -I $(dir $(android_config_h))
 TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += $(TARGET_ANDROID_CONFIG_CFLAGS)
 
-# This warning causes dalvik not to build with gcc 4.6+ and -Werror.
-# We cannot turn it off blindly since the option is not available
-# in gcc-4.4.x.  We also want to disable sincos optimization globally
-# by turning off the builtin sin function.
+# The "-Wunused-but-set-variable" option often breaks projects that enable
+# "-Wall -Werror" due to a commom idiom "ALOGV(mesg)" where ALOGV is turned
+# into no-op in some builds while mesg is defined earlier. So we explicitly
+# disable "-Wunused-but-set-variable" here.
 ifneq ($(filter 4.6 4.6.% 4.7 4.7.% 4.8, $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION)),)
 TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fno-builtin-sin \
-			-fno-strict-volatile-bitfields \
-			-Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-but-set-parameter
+			-fno-strict-volatile-bitfields
 endif
 
 # This is to avoid the dreaded warning compiler message: