diff --git a/tools/check-cppcheck.sh b/tools/check-cppcheck.sh
index 8632e1ae6..196194ec7 100755
--- a/tools/check-cppcheck.sh
+++ b/tools/check-cppcheck.sh
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ do
 done
 
 cppcheck -j$CPPCHECK_JOBS --force \
- --language=c++ --std=c++11 \
+ --language=c --std=c99 \
  --enable=warning,style,performance,portability,information \
+ --quiet --template="{file}:{line}: {severity}({id}): {message}" \
  --error-exitcode=1 \
  --exitcode-suppressions=tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list \
+ --suppressions-list=tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list \
  "${INCLUDE_DIRS[@]}" \
  jerry-core targets/default jerry-libc jerry-libm *.c *h tests/unit
diff --git a/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list b/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list
index d4c995b1a..b2f0eabc5 100644
--- a/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list
+++ b/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-operatorEqVarError
-noConstructor
-duplicateExpression
 wrongmathcall:tests/unit/test-libm.inc.h
 variableScope:jerry-libm/*.c
 invalidPointerCast:jerry-libm/*.c
-unreadVariable:jerry-libm/*.c
-
-// FIXME: false positive in cppcheck 1.61 (will disappear once distro ships with 1.69)
-variableScope:jerry-core/ecma/builtin-objects/ecma-builtin-helpers.c