diff --git a/gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c4e2c03f..6630f5d36 100644
--- a/gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtsam/3rdparty/metis-5.1.0/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,18 +4,11 @@ project(METIS)
 # Add flags for currect directory and below
 if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
   add_definitions(-Wno-unused-variable)
-  if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 5.0 OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 5.0)
-    add_definitions(-Wno-sometimes-uninitialized)
-  endif()
+#  add_definitions(-Wno-sometimes-uninitialized)
 endif()
 
 add_definitions(-Wno-unknown-pragmas)
-
-if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-  if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 4.6 OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 4.6)
-    add_definitions(-Wno-unused-but-set-variable)
-  endif()
-endif()
+#add_definitions(-Wunused-but-set-variable)
 
 set(GKLIB_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/GKlib CACHE PATH "path to GKlib")
 set(SHARED FALSE CACHE BOOL "build a shared library")