diff --git a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
index 9e1e822c4c..58ac594b20 100644
--- a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KEYUTILS),y)
 CIFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += keyutils
 endif
 
-define CIFS_UTILS_NO_WERROR
-	$(SED) 's/-Werror//' $(@D)/Makefile.in
-endef
-
-CIFS_UTILS_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += CIFS_UTILS_NO_WERROR
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CIFS_UTILS_SMBTOOLS),)
 define CIFS_UTILS_REMOVE_SMBTOOLS
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/smbinfo