--- a/ipfw/Makefile
+++ b/ipfw/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 ifneq ($(VER),openwrt)
 ifeq ($(OSARCH),Linux)
     EXTRA_CFLAGS += -D__BSD_VISIBLE
-    EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Werror
     # Required by GCC 4.6
     EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-but-set-variable
 endif
