diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3088817..d789ce9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ AS_IF([test x"$enable_hardening" != xno], [
 
   add_hardened_c_flag([-Wall])
   add_hardened_c_flag([-Wextra])
-  add_hardened_c_flag([-Werror])
 
   add_hardened_c_flag([-Wformat])
   add_hardened_c_flag([-Wformat-security])
