diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3985fc6d..ea8d47bb3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -170,14 +170,6 @@ if(${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES "(GNU|Clang)")
                         -fno-strict-aliasing
                         -fno-builtin-memcmp)
 
-    # Treat warnings as errors for versions of GCC and c++11-compliant Clang versions that are shipped on Ubuntu 18.04 or older.
-    if(BUILD_WERROR OR
-      (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS_EQUAL 7.3.0) OR
-      (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 6.0.0))
-        add_compile_options(-Werror)
-    endif()
-
-
     set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
 
     # For GCC version 7.1 or greater, we need to disable the implicit fallthrough warning since there's no consistent way to satisfy