diff --git a/Help/release/dev/xcode-default-warnings.rst b/Help/release/dev/xcode-default-warnings.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9a2e4919d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/xcode-default-warnings.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+xcode-default-warnings
+----------------------
+
+* The :generator:`Xcode` generator no longer hard-codes ``-Wmost``,
+  ``-Wno-four-char-constants``, and ``-Wno-unknown-pragmas`` warning flags.
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 607b2b3a9c..f88728450a 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -2357,9 +2357,6 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateBuildSettings(cmGeneratorTarget* gtgt,
   buildSettings->AddAttribute("SECTORDER_FLAGS", this->CreateString(""));
   buildSettings->AddAttribute("USE_HEADERMAP", this->CreateString("NO"));
   cmXCodeObject* group = this->CreateObject(cmXCodeObject::OBJECT_LIST);
-  group->AddObject(this->CreateString("-Wmost"));
-  group->AddObject(this->CreateString("-Wno-four-char-constants"));
-  group->AddObject(this->CreateString("-Wno-unknown-pragmas"));
   group->AddObject(this->CreateString("$(inherited)"));
   buildSettings->AddAttribute("WARNING_CFLAGS", group);