--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@
         -fpack-struct=8          # struct member alignment - 8 bytes
         -Wformat                 # enables format string checking warnings during compilation
         -Wformat-security        # warns about potentially insecure format string usages
-        -Werror=format-security  # treats format string security warnings as errors
         -Wno-comment             # allows multi-line comments
         -fstack-protector-strong # enables stack protection for vulnerable functions that contain: An array of any size and type
         -fdiagnostics-color=auto # color=auto only to colorize compiler output
@@ -434,19 +433,6 @@
             )
     endif ()
 
-    # configuration specific defines
-    if ("${BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "release" OR
-        "${BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "release-internal" OR
-        "${BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "releaseinternal")
-        set (COMMON_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${COMMON_COMPILE_OPTIONS}
-            -O3                 # optimize for speed with conforming optimizations
-            -Werror             # treats warning as errors
-            -fvisibility=hidden # hides non-exported symbols
-            -flto               # enables Link-Time Optimization (LTO)
-            -fPIC               # generates position-independent code during the compilation phase
-            )
-    endif ()
-
     if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "aarch64")
         set (COMMON_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${COMMON_COMPILE_OPTIONS}
             -msse