diff --git a/package/libmbim/libmbim.mk b/package/libmbim/libmbim.mk
index e21194ca20..b343dec238 100644
--- a/package/libmbim/libmbim.mk
+++ b/package/libmbim/libmbim.mk
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ LIBMBIM_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 LIBMBIM_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2
 
-# we don't want -Werror
-LIBMBIM_CONF_OPTS = --enable-more-warnings=no
-
 # if libgudev available, request udev support
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGUDEV),y)
 LIBMBIM_DEPENDENCIES += libgudev