diff --git a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
index 3bcdad47b..0c288288f 100644
--- a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ if (("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU") OR ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MA
 	# to fix warnings as they arise, so they don't accumulate "to be fixed later".
 	add_compile_options(-Wall)
 	add_compile_options(-Wextra)
-	add_compile_options(-Werror)
 	add_compile_options(-pedantic)
 	add_compile_options(-Wno-unknown-pragmas)
 	add_compile_options(-Wimplicit-fallthrough)
@@ -227,9 +226,6 @@ option(USE_CVC4 "Allow compiling with CVC4 SMT solver integration" ON)
 if (("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU") OR ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang"))
 	option(USE_LD_GOLD "Use GNU gold linker" ON)
 	if (USE_LD_GOLD)
-		execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--version ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_VARIABLE LD_VERSION)
-		if ("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "GNU gold")
-			set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold")
-		endif ()
+		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold")
 	endif ()
 endif ()