diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d132984..95ffcf4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT([java-atk-wrapper],[0.30.4])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign])
 
 # Before making a release, the LT_VERSION string should be modified.
 # The string is of the form C:R:A.
