diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2ee7673408649464e6fd7369724dabbbf43aa3af..4bbdec1b6a9f7b4290a76074da74fe660ad5b531 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([debug],
     [debug=$enableval], [debug=no])
 
 if test "x${debug}" = "x${enableval}"; then
-  DEBUGCFLAGS="-Wall -Werror -Wformat -Wfatal-errors -O0 -g3"
+  DEBUGCFLAGS="-O0 -g3"
   AC_SUBST([DEBUGCFLAGS])
 fi
 
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index 7fe37552b256f0e80782e8ca3744ce89a3eb55de..3fb5741d23d4373ca039deb45a9cdd09677f3d7e 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 AM_CFLAGS = $(WARNCFLAGS) $(DEBUGCFLAGS)
-AM_CXXFLAGS = $(WARNCFLAGS) $(DEBUGCFLAGS)
+AM_CXXFLAGS = $(DEBUGCFLAGS)
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib/includes \
 	-I$(top_builddir)/lib/includes \