diff --git a/package/kde31/kdelibs31/kde-31.conf b/package/kde31/kdelibs31/kde-31.conf
index 04ae5da42..4ca4596a3 100644
--- a/package/kde31/kdelibs31/kde-31.conf
+++ b/package/kde31/kdelibs31/kde-31.conf
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ confopt="$confopt --with-qt-dir=$QTDIR --with-qt-includes=$QTDIR/include \
 var_append GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND " " \
            "-DALSA_PCM_OLD_HW_PARAMS_API -DALSA_PCM_OLD_SW_PARAMS_API"
 
+# the ALSA headers are not ANSI C ...
+var_append GCC_WRAPPER_REMOVE " " "-ansi"
+