diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f50f6e2b147acd36dae6b2f2e9d30553548a19dd..c5de9128136df9c769f0450f01e64234784040f0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ vf_cmake_args = [
     "-DUSE_MPI=ON",
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF",
     "-DBUILD_VF_UNIT_TESTS:BOOL=ON",
-    "-DBUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON"
+    "-DBUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=OFF"
 ]