diff --git a/cmake/modules/DispatchCompilerWarnings.cmake b/cmake/modules/DispatchCompilerWarnings.cmake
index b106444..bdb3f28 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/DispatchCompilerWarnings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/DispatchCompilerWarnings.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ elseif(WIN32)
   # so that we can use __popcnt64
   add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C,CXX>:-fms-extensions>)
 else()
-  add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C,CXX>:-Werror>)
   add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C,CXX>:-Wall>)
   add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C,CXX>:-Wextra>)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c105830..f9ac23f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ endif()
 # FIXME(compnerd) add check for -fblocks?
 target_compile_options(dispatch PRIVATE -fblocks)
 
-check_c_compiler_flag("-momit-leaf-frame-pointer -Werror -Wall -O3" C_SUPPORTS_OMIT_LEAF_FRAME_POINTER)
+check_c_compiler_flag("-momit-leaf-frame-pointer -Wall -O3" C_SUPPORTS_OMIT_LEAF_FRAME_POINTER)
 if (C_SUPPORTS_OMIT_LEAF_FRAME_POINTER)
   target_compile_options(dispatch PRIVATE -momit-leaf-frame-pointer)
 endif()