diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a47734cbe61c98b420addbc8b8e2df915e6f4bd3..c8f7292bd2afd194d532a198f73e3c6d2c36c92a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ if(_LINTING)
     add_compiler_flag("-Wall")
     add_compiler_flag("-Wextra")
     add_compiler_flag("-pedantic")
-    add_compiler_flag("-Werror") # removed until issue #71 is resolved
+    add_compiler_flag("-Werror")
 
     message(STATUS "PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: [${PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}]")
     set(TARGET_LINKAHEAD_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_LINKAHEAD_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")