diff --git a/src/test/Makefile.am b/src/test/Makefile.am
index c12f15c..27d2124 100644
--- a/src/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/test/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $(GLIB_CFLAGS)  \
 -I$(top_srcdir)/src \
 -I$(top_srcdir)/src/public 
 
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 
 CLEANFILES = \
 *expand 

--- ddcutil-1.4.1/configure.ac.orig	2023-07-02 22:11:20.601695946 -0700
+++ ddcutil-1.4.1/configure.ac	2023-07-02 22:11:41.306685606 -0700
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 AC_ARG_VAR(DBG, [Turn on script debugging messages(0/1)])
 dnl AC_MSG_NOTICE([DBG = |$DBG|])

-AM_CONDITIONAL(WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS_COND, [test "x$ddcutil_version_suffix" != "x"] )
+AM_CONDITIONAL(WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS_COND, [test 0])

 AS_IF( [test 0$DBG -ne 0],
    AC_MSG_NOTICE([debug messages enabled]),