diff --git a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7.ebuild b/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7.ebuild
index 2d194a94d1c8f..f323c04ef5b80 100644
--- a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7.ebuild
+++ b/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.7.ebuild
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dfish-completions=true
 		-Dzsh-completions=true
 		-Dbash-completions=true
-		-Dwerror=false
 	)
 
 	meson_src_configure
diff --git a/gui-wm/sway/sway-9999.ebuild b/gui-wm/sway/sway-9999.ebuild
index 33f0a17752a8c..6e49d4aaca205 100644
--- a/gui-wm/sway/sway-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-wm/sway/sway-9999.ebuild
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dfish-completions=true
 		-Dzsh-completions=true
 		-Dbash-completions=true
-		-Dwerror=false
 	)
 
 	meson_src_configure