diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9406329f41e..aeb8b714378 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -780,7 +780,10 @@ case $host in
 
      AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names], [CORE_LDFLAGS="$CORE_LDFLAGS -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names"], [], [$LDFLAG_WERROR])
      CORE_CPPFLAGS="$CORE_CPPFLAGS -DMAC_OSX -DOBJC_OLD_DISPATCH_PROTOTYPES=0"
-     OBJCXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
+
+     dnl ignore deprecated-declarations warnings coming from objcxx code
+     dnl "'NSUserNotificationCenter' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 11.0".
+     OBJCXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
      ;;
    *android*)
      dnl make sure android stays above linux for hosts like *linux-android*
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b5d5c4652ab..d797ac880b9 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1
 
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(LIBTOOL_LDFLAGS) $(HARDENED_LDFLAGS) $(GPROF_LDFLAGS) $(SANITIZER_LDFLAGS) $(CORE_LDFLAGS)
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(CORE_CXXFLAGS) $(DEBUG_CXXFLAGS) $(HARDENED_CXXFLAGS) $(WARN_CXXFLAGS) $(NOWARN_CXXFLAGS) $(ERROR_CXXFLAGS) $(GPROF_CXXFLAGS) $(SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS)
+AM_OBJCXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS)
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(DEBUG_CPPFLAGS) $(HARDENED_CPPFLAGS) $(CORE_CPPFLAGS)
 AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS = --preserve-dup-deps
 PTHREAD_FLAGS = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_LIBS)