diff --git a/cmake/AwsCFlags.cmake b/cmake/AwsCFlags.cmake
--- a/cmake/AwsCFlags.cmake	(revision 4a21a1c0757083a16497fea27886f5f20ccdf334)
+++ b/cmake/AwsCFlags.cmake	(date 1622068907622)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         list(APPEND AWS_C_FLAGS "${_FLAGS}")
 
     else()
-        list(APPEND AWS_C_FLAGS -Wall -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes)
+        list(APPEND AWS_C_FLAGS -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes)
 
         if(NOT SET_PROPERTIES_NO_WEXTRA)
             list(APPEND AWS_C_FLAGS -Wextra)