diff --git a/m4/ac_prog_javac.m4 b/m4/ac_prog_javac.m4
index 76c98de56..9e310a962 100644
--- a/m4/ac_prog_javac.m4
+++ b/m4/ac_prog_javac.m4
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dnl Modified to remove jikes by Andrew John Hughes on 2008-02-11
 
 AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_PROG_JAVAC],[
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_EXEEXT])dnl
-ECJ_OPTS="-warn:-deprecation,serial,unusedImport,unusedPrivate,resource"
+ECJ_OPTS="-warn:-deprecation,serial,unusedImport,unusedPrivate"
 JAVAC_OPTS="-Xlint:unchecked,cast,divzero,empty,finally,overrides"
 GCJ_OPTS="-g"
 if test "x$JAVAPREFIX" = x; then