diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index ef74ce7736e..e7ca8b30308 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ env_base.disabled_modules = []
 env_base.use_ptrcall = False
 env_base.module_version_string = ""
 env_base.msvc = False
-env_base.stable_release = version.status == "stable"
 
 env_base.__class__.disable_module = methods.disable_module
 
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ opts.Add("custom_modules", "A list of comma-separated directory paths containing
 opts.Add(BoolVariable("verbose", "Enable verbose output for the compilation", False))
 opts.Add(BoolVariable("progress", "Show a progress indicator during compilation", True))
 opts.Add(EnumVariable("warnings", "Level of compilation warnings", "all", ("extra", "all", "moderate", "no")))
-opts.Add(BoolVariable("werror", "Treat compiler warnings as errors", not env_base.stable_release))
+opts.Add(BoolVariable("werror", "Treat compiler warnings as errors", False))
 opts.Add(BoolVariable("dev", "If yes, alias for verbose=yes warnings=extra werror=yes", False))
 opts.Add("extra_suffix", "Custom extra suffix added to the base filename of all generated binary files", "")
 opts.Add(BoolVariable("vsproj", "Generate a Visual Studio solution", False))