diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 99192d1..51859c1 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ target_compile_options(secutils_compilation_options INTERFACE
     -Wall -Woverflow -Wextra -Wswitch -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes
     -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wtype-limits -Wundef
     -Wsign-compare -Wpointer-arith -Wunused-parameter
-    -pedantic -Werror
+    -pedantic
+    # -Werror is enabled only for development and CI, using Makefile_v1 without NDEBUG
 
     # TODO clean up code and re-enable warnings instead:
     -Wno-conversion -Wno-sign-conversion -Wno-c99-extensions