diff --git a/libdbusmenu-glib/Makefile.am b/libdbusmenu-glib/Makefile.am
index 2dea5f6..01832ce 100644
--- a/libdbusmenu-glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/libdbusmenu-glib/Makefile.am
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ libdbusmenu_glib_la_LDFLAGS = \
libdbusmenu_glib_la_CFLAGS = \
$(DBUSMENUGLIB_CFLAGS) \
$(COVERAGE_CFLAGS) \
- -Wall -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
+ -Wall -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="\"LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB\""
libdbusmenu_glib_la_LIBADD = \
diff --git a/libdbusmenu-gtk/Makefile.am b/libdbusmenu-gtk/Makefile.am
index 9a7a2b0..a9a2b49 100644
--- a/libdbusmenu-gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/libdbusmenu-gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ libdbusmenu_gtk_la_CFLAGS = \
$(DBUSMENUGTK_CFLAGS) \
$(COVERAGE_CFLAGS) \
-I$(top_srcdir) \
- -Wall -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
+ -Wall -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="\"LIBDBUSMENU-GTK\""
libdbusmenu_gtk_la_LIBADD = \
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 64e3e75..699c2c9 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = env GI_TYPELIB_PATH=$(top_builddir)/libdbusmenu-glib:$(top_b
############################################
DBUSMENU_GLIB_TEST_CFLAGS = \
- -Wall -Werror \
+ -Wall \
-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED \
-I$(top_srcdir) \
$(DBUSMENUTESTS_CFLAGS) \
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 029b73e..2258cca 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dbusmenu_dumper_CFLAGS = \
-I $(srcdir)/.. \
$(DBUSMENUGLIB_CFLAGS) \
$(DBUSMENUDUMPER_CFLAGS) \
- -Wall -Werror
+ -Wall
dbusmenu_dumper_LDADD = \
../libdbusmenu-glib/libdbusmenu-glib.la \