diff --git a/src/generic/notebook.cpp b/src/generic/notebook.cpp
index 6b6b84c79a..fe376a1202 100644
--- a/src/generic/notebook.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/notebook.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 // headers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#ifdef __VMS
-#pragma message disable unscomzer
-#endif
-
 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
 
diff --git a/src/univ/notebook.cpp b/src/univ/notebook.cpp
index 201b435eff..1d8c16355c 100644
--- a/src/univ/notebook.cpp
+++ b/src/univ/notebook.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 // headers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#ifdef __VMS
-#pragma message disable unscomzer
-#endif
-
 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
 
 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
diff --git a/src/unix/mimetype.cpp b/src/unix/mimetype.cpp
index 0bf6dd4ef6..0a2793f92c 100644
--- a/src/unix/mimetype.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/mimetype.cpp
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@
 // other standard headers
 #include <ctype.h>
 
-#ifdef __VMS
-/* silence warnings for comparing unsigned int's <0 */
-# pragma message disable unscomzer
-#endif
-
 // this class extends wxTextFile
 //
 // VZ: ???