diff --git a/contrib/ci/ubuntu.sh b/contrib/ci/ubuntu.sh
index b0dcddcd0..ca92888dc 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/ubuntu.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/ubuntu.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ eval "$(dpkg-buildflags --export=sh)"
 export LDFLAGS=$(dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS | sed "s/-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions\s//")
 
 rm -rf build
-meson build --werror -Dman=false -Dgtkdoc=true
-#build with clang and -Werror
+meson build -Dman=false -Dgtkdoc=true
+#build with clang
 ninja -C build test -v
 
 #make docs available outside of docker