--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1212,11 +1212,7 @@
 dnl Git submodule Dependencies buid system
 dnl --------------------------------------
 
-dnl First check whether to build git submodule deps
-WITH_EXTERNAL_DEPS_DEFAULT=yes
-if [ test ! -f "$srcdir/src/external_libs/libcdada/include/cdada.h" ] && [ test -z `git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null` ]; then
-        WITH_EXTERNAL_DEPS_DEFAULT=no
-fi
+WITH_EXTERNAL_DEPS_DEFAULT=no
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether external dependencies (git submodules) should be compiled])
 AC_ARG_WITH(external-deps,
@@ -1263,9 +1259,9 @@
                         AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
                         tmp_CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed 's/O2/O0/g'`
                         CFLAGS="$tmp_CFLAGS"
-                        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -Wall -Werror"
+                        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -Wall"
                 else
-                        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Werror"
+                        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall"
                         AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
                 fi
         ],