diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fa4c3725da9a54216aab1bde9eb4571e30ddfe28..de46d4c8278f952d375fc303683b9be6a6b44373 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ stages:
           fi
         - export CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1
         - export CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL=4
-        # enforce (more or less) warning-free builds
-        #- export CXXFLAGS="-Werror -Wno-error=deprecated -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=uninitialized -Wno-error=vla"
         - mkdir -p "./builddir/$CI_JOB_NAME"
         - pushd "./builddir/$CI_JOB_NAME"
         - cmake ../..