diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro
index 427c773e0..a73a2c379 100644
--- a/bitcoin-qt.pro
+++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ contains(BITCOIN_NEED_QT_PLUGINS, 1) {
     DEFINES += HAVE_BUILD_INFO
 }
 
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON = -fdiagnostics-show-option -Wall -Wextra -Wno-format -Wno-format-security -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstack-protector
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON = -fdiagnostics-show-option -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstack-protector
 
 # Input
 DEPENDPATH += src src/json src/qt
diff --git a/src/makefile.linux-mingw b/src/makefile.linux-mingw
index 3709bb94d..0970469a9 100644
--- a/src/makefile.linux-mingw
+++ b/src/makefile.linux-mingw
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ LIBS= \
 
 DEFS=-D_MT -DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE
 DEBUGFLAGS=-g
-CFLAGS=-O2 -w -Wall -Wextra -Wno-format -Wno-format-security -Wno-unused-parameter $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDEPATHS)
+CFLAGS=-O2 -w -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDEPATHS)
 LDFLAGS=-Wl,--dynamicbase -Wl,--nxcompat
 
 TESTDEFS = -DTEST_DATA_DIR=$(abspath test/data)
diff --git a/src/makefile.mingw b/src/makefile.mingw
index 1a32f02bb..54054c25f 100644
--- a/src/makefile.mingw
+++ b/src/makefile.mingw
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ LIBS= \
 
 DEFS=-DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE
 DEBUGFLAGS=-g
-CFLAGS=-mthreads -O2 -w -Wall -Wextra -Wno-format -Wno-format-security -Wno-unused-parameter $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDEPATHS)
+CFLAGS=-mthreads -O2 -w -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDEPATHS)
 LDFLAGS=-Wl,--dynamicbase -Wl,--nxcompat
 
 TESTDEFS = -DTEST_DATA_DIR=$(abspath test/data)
diff --git a/src/makefile.osx b/src/makefile.osx
index a0de217c0..359739bd5 100644
--- a/src/makefile.osx
+++ b/src/makefile.osx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ CFLAGS = -g
 endif
 
 # ppc doesn't work because we don't support big-endian
-CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Wno-format -Wno-format-security -Wno-unused-parameter \
+CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter \
     $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDEPATHS)
 
 OBJS= \
diff --git a/src/makefile.unix b/src/makefile.unix
index b73ce2833..a41b57b4f 100644
--- a/src/makefile.unix
+++ b/src/makefile.unix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ DEBUGFLAGS=-g
 
 # CXXFLAGS can be specified on the make command line, so we use xCXXFLAGS that only
 # adds some defaults in front. Unfortunately, CXXFLAGS=... $(CXXFLAGS) does not work.
-xCXXFLAGS=-O2 -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wno-format -Wno-format-security -Wno-unused-parameter \
+xCXXFLAGS=-O2 -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter \
     $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(HARDENING) $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 # LDFLAGS can be specified on the make command line, so we use xLDFLAGS that only