diff --git a/cmake/compilation_flags.cmake b/cmake/compilation_flags.cmake
index 395f1b5..f55db79 100644
--- a/cmake/compilation_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compilation_flags.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ if (MSVC)
   endif ()
 
   if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release" OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo")
-    list(APPEND DEFAULT_CXX_FLAGS /WX)
   endif ()
 
 else ()
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ else ()
     -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wctor-dtor-privacy -Wdisabled-optimization
     -Wformat=2 -Winit-self -Wlong-long -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wcomment
     -Wold-style-cast -Woverloaded-virtual -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow -Wsign-conversion
-    -Wsign-promo -Wstrict-overflow=5 -Wswitch-default -Wundef -Werror -Wunused -Wuninitialized
+    -Wsign-promo -Wstrict-overflow=5 -Wswitch-default -Wundef -Wunused -Wuninitialized
     -Wno-missing-declarations -Wno-strict-overflow
   )
 
diff --git a/examples/peaddrconv/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/peaddrconv/CMakeLists.txt
index fbad06a..bac7e06 100644
--- a/examples/peaddrconv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/peaddrconv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if (MSVC)
   # directory on Windows its not found by CMake when performing its search.
   list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH /usr/lib/cmake)
 
-  list(APPEND PEADDRCONV_CXXFLAGS /W4 /WX /analyze)
+  list(APPEND PEADDRCONV_CXXFLAGS /W4 /analyze)
 
   if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug" OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo")
     list(APPEND PEADDRCONV_CXXFLAGS /Zi)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ else ()
     -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wctor-dtor-privacy -Wdisabled-optimization
     -Wformat=2 -Winit-self -Wlong-long -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wcomment
     -Wold-style-cast -Woverloaded-virtual -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow -Wsign-conversion
-    -Wsign-promo -Wstrict-overflow=5 -Wswitch-default -Wundef -Werror -Wunused -Wuninitialized
+    -Wsign-promo -Wstrict-overflow=5 -Wswitch-default -Wundef -Wunused -Wuninitialized
     -Wno-missing-declarations
   )