diff --git a/cmake/modules/AddCompilerFlags.cmake b/cmake/modules/AddCompilerFlags.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/AddCompilerFlags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/AddCompilerFlags.cmake
@@ -27,23 +27,39 @@
 	add_cxx_compiler_flag(${ARGN})
 endmacro()
 
-macro(remove_compiler_flags)
+macro(remove_c_compiler_flags)
 	if(NOT "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "")
 		string(TOUPPER ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} BUILD_TYPE)
-		set(BUILD_TYPE_CXX_FLAGS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${BUILD_TYPE}")
 		set(BUILD_TYPE_C_FLAGS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_${BUILD_TYPE}")
 	endif()
 	
 	foreach(f ${ARGN})
-		string(REGEX REPLACE "${f}( |$)" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 		string(REGEX REPLACE "${f}( |$)" "" CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
 		if(NOT "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "")
-			string(REGEX REPLACE "${f}( |$)" "" ${BUILD_TYPE_CXX_FLAGS} "${${BUILD_TYPE_CXX_FLAGS}}")
 			string(REGEX REPLACE "${f}( |$)" "" ${BUILD_TYPE_C_FLAGS} "${${BUILD_TYPE_C_FLAGS}}")
 		endif()
 	endforeach()
 endmacro()
 
+macro(remove_cxx_compiler_flags)
+	if(NOT "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "")
+		string(TOUPPER ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} BUILD_TYPE)
+		set(BUILD_TYPE_CXX_FLAGS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${BUILD_TYPE}")
+	endif()
+	
+	foreach(f ${ARGN})
+		string(REGEX REPLACE "${f}( |$)" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+		if(NOT "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "")
+			string(REGEX REPLACE "${f}( |$)" "" ${BUILD_TYPE_CXX_FLAGS} "${${BUILD_TYPE_CXX_FLAGS}}")
+		endif()
+	endforeach()
+endmacro()
+
+macro(remove_compiler_flags)
+	remove_c_compiler_flags(${ARGN})
+	remove_cxx_compiler_flags(${ARGN})
+endmacro()
+
 # Note that CMake does not provide any facility to check that a linker flag is
 # supported by the compiler, but most linker will just drop any unsupported flag
 # (eventually with a warning).