diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index d14a99439..5507b397f 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ defaults.noDebugLinkFlags = ''
 
 if env['CC'] == 'gcc':
     defaults.cxxFlags = '-ftemplate-depth-128'
-    defaults.ccFlags = '-Wall'
+    defaults.ccFlags = '-Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations'
     defaults.debugCcFlags = '-g'
     defaults.noOptimizeCcFlags = '-O0 -fno-inline'
     defaults.optimizeCcFlags = '-O3 -DNDEBUG -finline-functions -Wno-inline'
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ if env['CC'] == 'gcc':
 elif env['CC'] == 'cl': # Visual Studio
     defaults.cxxFlags = '/EHsc'
     defaults.ccFlags = ' '.join(['/nologo', '/Zi', '/W3', '/Zc:wchar_t', '/Zc:forScope',
-                                 '/D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS', '/D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS'])
+                                 '/D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS', '/D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS', '/wd4996'])
     defaults.debugCcFlags = '/MD' # note: MDd breaks the Python module
     defaults.noOptimizeCcFlags = '/Od /Ob0'
     defaults.optimizeCcFlags = '/O2 /DNDEBUG'
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ elif env['CC'] == 'icc':
 else:
     print "WARNING: Unrecognized C compiler '%s'" % env['CC']
 
+# TODO: Once deprecated functions have been removed, remove the
+# compiler options: -Wno-deprecated-declarations and /wd4996
+
 # **************************************
 # *** Read user-configurable options ***
 # **************************************
diff --git a/ext/SConscript b/ext/SConscript
index 16c045727..6bd17afef 100644
--- a/ext/SConscript
+++ b/ext/SConscript
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ def prep_f2c(env):
     if '-Wall' in localenv['CCFLAGS']:
         localenv['CCFLAGS'].remove('-Wall')
         localenv['CCFLAGS'].append('-Wno-format-security')
+    elif '/W3' in localenv['CCFLAGS']:
+        localenv['CCFLAGS'].remove('/W3')
+    elif '-Wcheck' in localenv['CCFLAGS']:
+        localenv['CCFLAGS'].remove('-Wcheck')
 
     return localenv
 
diff --git a/src/python/SConscript b/src/python/SConscript
index ea5044188..14e63a780 100644
--- a/src/python/SConscript
+++ b/src/python/SConscript
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ localenv.Append(CPPPATH=[gcv('INCLUDEPY'), env['python_array_include']],
                 CPPFLAGS=((gcv('BASECFLAGS') or '').split() +
                           (gcv('OPT') or '').split()))
 
+if '-Wstrict-prototypes' in localenv['CPPFLAGS']:
+    localenv['CPPFLAGS'].remove('-Wstrict-prototypes')
+
 if localenv['OS'] == 'Windows':
     localenv.Append(LIBPATH=pjoin(gcv('prefix'), 'libs'))