--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_INIT([libdqlite], [1.18.0], [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_SUBST(AM_CFLAGS)
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ CC_CHECK_FLAGS_APPEND([AM_CFLAGS],[CFLAGS],[ \
   -Wnested-externs \
   -Wconversion \
   -Wno-format-nonliteral \
-  -Werror \
 ])
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