diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dcf56bf..e3d1e71 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ dnl GNU General Public License for more details.
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 AC_INIT([geeqie], 1.5, [https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues], [], [http://www.geeqie.org/])
 
-# Add -Werror to the default CFLAGS
-CFLAGS+=" -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=sign-compare -Wno-error=return-type"
-
 # Check for rightly dirs
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])