--- a/Source/cmake_core.cmake
+++ b/Source/cmake_core.cmake
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ macro(astcenc_set_properties ASTCENC_TARGET_NAME ASTCENC_IS_VENEER)
             $<${is_gnu_fe}:-Wall>
             $<${is_gnu_fe}:-Wextra>
             $<${is_gnu_fe}:-Wpedantic>
-            $<${is_gnu_fe}:-Werror>
             $<${is_gnu_fe}:-Wshadow>
             $<${is_gnu_fe}:-Wdouble-promotion>
             $<${is_clang}:-Wdocumentation>