diff --git a/doc/educational_decoder/Makefile b/doc/educational_decoder/Makefile
index ace1294f..c1d2c4cc 100644
--- a/doc/educational_decoder/Makefile
+++ b/doc/educational_decoder/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CPPFLAGS += -I$(ZSTDDIR) -I$(ZSTDDIR)/common -I$(ZSTDDIR)/compress \
 CFLAGS   ?= -O3
 CFLAGS   += -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wshadow                 \
             -Wstrict-aliasing=1 -Wswitch-enum -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
-            -Wstrict-prototypes -Wundef -Wformat-security                   \
+            -Wstrict-prototypes -Wundef                                     \
             -Wvla -Wformat=2 -Winit-self -Wfloat-equal -Wwrite-strings      \
             -Wredundant-decls
 CFLAGS   += $(DEBUGFLAGS)