diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 081a3fecc4671285eab425321dab5cfa8fb003bb..897df1029bebc1a3d319270cc3093c6eb678adff 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -213,12 +213,11 @@ else
     source_path_used="yes"
 fi
 
-# generate compile errors on warnings for development builds
-if grep cvs $source_path/VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-werror="yes";
-else
 werror="no"
-fi
+# generate compile errors on warnings for development builds
+#if grep cvs $source_path/VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+#werror="yes";
+#fi
 
 for opt do
   optarg=`expr "x$opt" : 'x[^=]*=\(.*\)'`