--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 dnl Setup automake to be silent and in foreign mode.
 dnl We want xz distribution
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign subdir-objects dist-xz])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign subdir-objects dist-xz])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------