diff --git a/emcc.py b/emcc.py
index f70633a1558b7..17482d3823d8e 100644
--- a/emcc.py
+++ b/emcc.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def get_clang_flags(user_args):
 cflags = None
 
 
-def get_cflags(user_args, is_cxx):
+def get_cflags(user_args):
   global cflags
   if cflags:
     return cflags
@@ -448,17 +448,6 @@ def get_cflags(user_args, is_cxx):
     # in strict mode. Code should use the define __EMSCRIPTEN__ instead.
     cflags.append('-DEMSCRIPTEN')
 
-  # Changes to default clang behavior
-
-  # Implicit functions can cause horribly confusing function pointer type errors, see #2175
-  # If your codebase really needs them - very unrecommended! - you can disable the error with
-  #   -Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration
-  # or disable even a warning about it with
-  #   -Wno-implicit-function-declaration
-  # This is already an error in C++ so we don't need to inject extra flags.
-  if not is_cxx:
-    cflags += ['-Werror=implicit-function-declaration']
-
   ports.add_cflags(cflags, settings)
 
   def array_contains_any_of(hay, needles):
@@ -984,10 +973,9 @@ def get_language_mode(args):
     return ''
 
   language_mode = get_language_mode(newargs)
-  use_cxx = 'c++' in language_mode or shared.run_via_emxx
 
   def get_clang_command():
-    return compiler + get_cflags(state.orig_args, use_cxx)
+    return compiler + get_cflags(state.orig_args)
 
   def get_clang_command_preprocessed():
     return compiler + get_clang_flags(state.orig_args)
diff --git a/test/other/test_implicit_func.c b/test/other/test_implicit_func.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 338f90740bb7b..0000000000000
--- a/test/other/test_implicit_func.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-int main() {
-    printf("hello %d\n", strnlen("waka", 2)); // Implicit declaration, no header, for strnlen
-    int (*my_strnlen)(char*, ...) = strnlen;
-    printf("hello %d\n", my_strnlen("shaka", 2));
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/test/test_other.py b/test/test_other.py
index 3f16ccdd389dc..8f16cef823248 100644
--- a/test/test_other.py
+++ b/test/test_other.py
@@ -5368,18 +5368,6 @@ def test_global_inits(self):
       self.assertContained('argc: 1\n16\n17\n10\n', self.run_js('a.out.js'))
       self.assertContainedIf('globalCtors', src, has_global)
 
-  def test_implicit_func(self):
-    # EMCC makes -Wimplicit-function-declaration an error by default in all modes. Upstream LLVM
-    # emits a warning in gnu89 mode, but otherwise emcc's behavior is identical to upstream.
-    IMPLICIT_C89 = "error: implicit declaration of function 'strnlen'"
-    # Also check for -Wincompatible-function-pointer-types (it became an error in LLVM 16)
-    INCOMPATIBLE = ': incompatible function pointer types'
-
-    stderr = self.expect_fail(
-        [EMCC, path_from_root('test/other/test_implicit_func.c'), '-c', '-o', 'implicit_func.o', '-std=gnu89'])
-    self.assertContained(IMPLICIT_C89, stderr)
-    self.assertContained(INCOMPATIBLE, stderr)
-
   @requires_native_clang
   @crossplatform
   def test_bad_triple(self):