diff --git a/daemon/configure.ac b/daemon/configure.ac
index 0b61b4c9b8715ca1aa4ecec9a39fc23e6776b575..f3915c46c3fd41db43dbaaf4b0af737bafb48646 100644
--- a/daemon/configure.ac
+++ b/daemon/configure.ac
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ DBUS_CPP_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.6.0-pre1
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUSCPP, dbus-c++-1,,
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([You need the DBus-c++ libraries (version $DBUS_CPP_REQUIRED_VERSION or better)]))
 
-CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -g -Wno-return-type -Wall -Wextra -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Werror"
+CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -g -Wno-return-type -Wall -Wextra -Wnon-virtual-dtor"
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB([expat], XML_ParserCreate_MM,
 		[AC_CHECK_HEADERS(expat.h, have_expat=true, have_expat=false)],