diff --git a/hosts/host-sdl/Makefile b/hosts/host-sdl/Makefile
index a71acdc..f6d9034 100644
--- a/hosts/host-sdl/Makefile
+++ b/hosts/host-sdl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CFLAGS += `pkg-config sdl3 --cflags`
 endif
 
 CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror -Wno-gnu-binary-literal
-CFLAGS += -pedantic -std=c99 -O0 -g
+CFLAGS += -O0 -g
 CFLAGS += -DUVM32_ERROR_STRINGS -DUVM32_MEMORY_SIZE=$(shell echo "1024 * 1024 * 8" | bc)
 
 all:
diff --git a/hosts/host/Makefile b/hosts/host/Makefile
index 02d1959..b7c6038 100644
--- a/hosts/host/Makefile
+++ b/hosts/host/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TOPDIR=../..
 
 all:
-	gcc -g -Wall -Werror -pedantic -std=c99 -Wno-gnu-binary-literal -O0 -DUVM32_ERROR_STRINGS -DUVM32_MEMORY_SIZE=65536 -I${TOPDIR}/uvm32 -I${TOPDIR}/common -o host ${TOPDIR}/uvm32/uvm32.c host.c
+	gcc -g -Wall -Werror -Wno-gnu-binary-literal -O0 -DUVM32_ERROR_STRINGS -DUVM32_MEMORY_SIZE=65536 -I${TOPDIR}/uvm32 -I${TOPDIR}/common -o host ${TOPDIR}/uvm32/uvm32.c host.c
 
 clean:
 	rm -f host