diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5698cdf5..a578e5b8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1054,15 +1054,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([if ARM64 CRC32 instruction is usable])
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_arm64_crc32" = xno], [
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([no, --disable-arm64-crc32 was used])
 ], [
-	# Set -Werror here because some versions of Clang (14 and older)
-	# do not report the unsupported __attribute__((__target__("+crc")))
-	# or __crc32d() as an error, only as a warning. This does not need
-	# to be done with CMake because tests will attempt to link and the
-	# error will be reported then.
-	OLD_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
-
-	AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+	AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
 #include <arm_acle.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -1082,8 +1074,6 @@ int main(void)
 		enable_arm64_crc32=no
 	])
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_arm64_crc32])
-
-	CFLAGS="$OLD_CFLAGS"
 ])
 
 # Check for ARM64 CRC32 instruction runtime detection.