diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	(revision f2adef31d778cfe90b8a5bb377425f825ebf92f0)
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	(date 1675009099302)
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@
  # set extra warning flags
 if(AWS_WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS)
     if(MSVC)
-        target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE /W4 /WX /wd4068)
+        target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE /W4 /wd4068)
     else()
-        target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -Wall -Wno-long-long -pedantic -Werror)
+        target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -Wall -Wno-long-long -pedantic)
     endif()
 endif()