diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b5c2196..d07d5433 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ AS_IF([test x"$enable_hardening" != x"no"], [
 
   add_hardened_c_flag([-Wall])
   add_hardened_c_flag([-Wextra])
-  add_hardened_c_flag([-Werror])
 
   add_hardened_c_flag([-Wformat])
   add_hardened_c_flag([-Wformat-security])