diff --git a/libs/esl/Makefile b/libs/esl/Makefile
index 60bae27b5f..0e6471a700 100644
--- a/libs/esl/Makefile
+++ b/libs/esl/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ INCS=-I$(PWD)/src/include
 LIBEDIT_DIR=../../libs/libedit
 DEBUG=-g -ggdb
 BASE_FLAGS=$(INCS) -DHAVE_EDITLINE $(DEBUG) -I$(LIBEDIT_DIR)/src/ -fPIC
-PICKY=-O2 -ffast-math -Wall -Werror -Wunused-variable -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
+PICKY=-O2
 CFLAGS=$(BASE_FLAGS) $(PICKY)
-CXXFLAGS=$(BASE_FLAGS) -Wall -Werror -Wno-unused-variable
+CXXFLAGS=$(BASE_FLAGS)
 MYLIB=libesl.a
 LIBS=-lncurses -lpthread -lesl -lm
 LDFLAGS=-L.