diff --git a/cmake/helpers.cmake b/cmake/helpers.cmake
index 2a16de742a..2544a15186 100644
--- a/cmake/helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/helpers.cmake
@@ -233,12 +233,8 @@ function(add_umf_target_compile_options name)
                     -Wall
                     -Wextra
                     -Wpedantic
-                    -Wempty-body
-                    -Wunused-parameter
-                    -Wformat
                     -Wformat-security
                     -Wcast-qual
-                    -Wunused-result
                     $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>:-fdiagnostics-color=auto>)
         if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
             target_compile_definitions(${name} PRIVATE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)