diff --git a/arch/alpha/lib/Makefile b/arch/alpha/lib/Makefile
index 1cc74f7b50ef..6a779b9018fd 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/lib/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #
 
 asflags-y := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
-ccflags-y := -Werror
 
 # Many of these routines have implementations tuned for ev6.
 # Choose them iff we're targeting ev6 specifically.
diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/Makefile b/arch/alpha/mm/Makefile
index bd770302eb82..101dbd06b4ce 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@
 # Makefile for the linux alpha-specific parts of the memory manager.
 #
 
-ccflags-y := -Werror
-
 obj-y	:= init.o fault.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kbuild b/arch/mips/Kbuild
index af2967bffb73..e2d623621a00 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/mips/Kbuild
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Fail on warnings - also for files referenced in subdirs
-# -Werror can be disabled for specific files using:
-# CFLAGS_<file.o> := -Wno-error
-ifeq ($(W),)
-subdir-ccflags-y := -Werror
-endif
 
 # platform specific definitions
 include $(srctree)/arch/mips/Kbuild.platforms
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
index 0984bb6f0f17..58ea4ef9b622 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #
 
 asflags-y := -ansi
-ccflags-y := -Werror
 
 # Undefine sparc when processing vmlinux.lds - it is used
 # And teach CPP we are doing $(BITS) builds (for this case)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/lib/Makefile b/arch/sparc/lib/Makefile
index 063556fe2cb1..59669ebddd4e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/lib/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 
 asflags-y := -ansi -DST_DIV0=0x02
-ccflags-y := -Werror
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_SPARC32) += ashrdi3.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SPARC32) += memcpy.o memset.o
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/Makefile b/arch/sparc/mm/Makefile
index 871354aa3c00..809d993f6d88 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 
 asflags-y := -ansi
-ccflags-y := -Werror
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPARC64)   += ultra.o tlb.o tsb.o
 obj-y                   += fault_$(BITS).o
diff --git a/arch/sparc/prom/Makefile b/arch/sparc/prom/Makefile
index 397b79af77f7..a1adc75d8055 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/prom/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/prom/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Linux.
 #
 asflags := -ansi
-ccflags := -Werror
 
 lib-y                 := bootstr_$(BITS).o
 lib-y                 += init_$(BITS).o