diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d498e50..21653d4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ for flag in \
     -Wall \
     -Wclobbered \
     -Wempty-body \
-    -Werror \
     -Wformat \
     -Wignored-qualifiers \
     -Wmissing-field-initializers \