diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/files/disable-werror.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/files/disable-werror.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 13be66cc35..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/files/disable-werror.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
-index 90beb50..08febe6 100644
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ AM_CFLAGS = -fno-exceptions \
- 	    -Wall \
- 	    -Wclobbered \
- 	    -Wempty-body \
--	    -Werror \
- 	    -Wignored-qualifiers \
- 	    -Wmissing-field-initializers \
- 	    -Wsign-compare \
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
index f31b251008..ddbfb675af 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ DEPEND="dev-cpp/gtest
 	${BDEPEND}
 	${RDEPEND}"
 
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/disable-werror.patch"
-)
-
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 	eautoreconf