diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4ddec3765..2b54afce7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ test_cxxflags = test_common_flags + [
   '-Wvolatile',
   '-Wvirtual-inheritance',
 
+  '-Wno-missing-field-initializers',
+
   # a vtable without a dtor is just fine
   '-Wno-non-virtual-dtor',
 
diff --git a/src/lib/pipewire/ThreadLoop.hxx b/src/lib/pipewire/ThreadLoop.hxx
index 62abdcbdb..9614ce321 100644
--- a/src/lib/pipewire/ThreadLoop.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/pipewire/ThreadLoop.hxx
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 /* oh no, libspa likes to cast away "const"! */
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-qual"
-/* suppress more annoying warnings */
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wmissing-field-initializers"
 #endif
 
 #include <pipewire/thread-loop.h>
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
index 8d391ba8d..51660d413 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 /* oh no, libspa likes to cast away "const"! */
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-qual"
-/* suppress more annoying warnings */
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wmissing-field-initializers"
 #endif
 
 #include <pipewire/pipewire.h>