diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c533a27..059af2b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_INIT([libdqlite], [1.13.0], [https://github.com/canonical/dqlite])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([ac])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror -Wno-portability foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Wno-portability foreign])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
 AC_PROG_CC_STDC
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ CC_CHECK_FLAGS_APPEND([AM_CFLAGS],[CFLAGS],[ \
   -Wdate-time \
   -Wnested-externs \
   -Wconversion \
-  -Werror \
 ])
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