--- a/openzwave/cpp/build/Makefile
+++ b/openzwave/cpp/build/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # what flags we will use for compiling in debug mode
 DEBUG_CFLAGS    := -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-inline -Wno-format -Werror -Wno-error=sequence-point -Wno-sequence-point -ggdb -DDEBUG -fPIC  -DSYSCONFDIR="\"$(PREFIX)/etc/openzwave/\""
 # what flags we will use for compiling in release mode
-RELEASE_CFLAGS  := -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Werror -Wno-format -Wno-error=sequence-point -Wno-sequence-point -O3 -DNDEBUG -fPIC  -DSYSCONFDIR="\"$(PREFIX)/etc/openzwave/\""
+RELEASE_CFLAGS  := -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-format -Wno-error=sequence-point -Wno-sequence-point -O3 -DNDEBUG -fPIC  -DSYSCONFDIR="\"$(PREFIX)/etc/openzwave/\""
 #what flags we will use for linking in debug mode
 DEBUG_LDFLAGS	:= -g