diff --git a/lib/MemberBuilderValidator.js b/lib/MemberBuilderValidator.js
index d0a0af9..c9c2f21 100644
--- a/lib/MemberBuilderValidator.js
+++ b/lib/MemberBuilderValidator.js
@@ -89,6 +89,21 @@ function _addWarn( state, member, id, warn )
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Remove warning from validation state
+ *
+ * @param  {Object}   state   validation state
+ * @param  {string}   member  member name
+ * @param  {string}   id      warning identifier
+ *
+ * @return  {undefined}
+ */
+function _clearWarn( state, member, id, warn )
+{
+    delete ( state.warn[ member ] || {} )[ id ];
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Validates a method declaration, ensuring that keywords are valid,
  * overrides make sense, etc.
@@ -260,6 +275,12 @@ exports.prototype.validateMethod = function(
                 "' without 'override' keyword"
             );
         }
+
+        // prevent non-override warning
+        if ( keywords.weak && prev_keywords[ 'override' ] )
+        {
+            _clearWarn( state, name, 'no' );
+        }
     }
     else if ( keywords[ 'override' ] )
     {
diff --git a/test/MemberBuilderValidator/MethodTest.js b/test/MemberBuilderValidator/MethodTest.js
index 58c71bd..a32eab2 100644
--- a/test/MemberBuilderValidator/MethodTest.js
+++ b/test/MemberBuilderValidator/MethodTest.js
@@ -423,6 +423,52 @@ require( 'common' ).testCase(
     },
 
 
+    /**
+     * The above test provides problems if we have a weak method that
+     * follows the definition of the override within the same definition
+     * object (that is---A' is defined before A where A' overrides A and A
+     * is weak); we must ensure that the warning is deferred until we're
+     * certain that we will not encounter a weak method.
+     */
+    'Does not throw warning when overriding a later weak method': function()
+    {
+        var _self = this;
+        this.warningHandler = function( warning )
+        {
+            _self.fail( true, false, "Warning was issued." );
+        };
+
+        this.assertDoesNotThrow( function()
+        {
+            var state = {};
+
+            // this should place a warning into the state
+            _self.sut.validateMethod(
+                'foo',
+                function() {},
+                { 'override': true },
+                undefined,  // no previous because weak was
+                undefined,  // not yet encountered
+                state
+            );
+
+            // this should remove it upon encountering `weak'
+            _self.sut.validateMethod(
+                'foo',
+                function() {},
+                { 'weak': true, 'abstract': true },
+                { member: function() {} },  // same as previously defined
+                { 'override': true },       // above
+                state
+            );
+
+            // hopefully we don't trigger warnings (if we do, the warning
+            // handler defined above will fail this test)
+            _self.sut.end( state );
+        } );
+    },
+
+
     /**
      * Wait - what? That doesn't make sense from an OOP perspective, now does
      * it! Unfortunately, we're forced into this restriction in order to