diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin-sipe_1.25.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin-sipe_1.25.0.bb
index 90e1701488..6ce42ec187 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin-sipe_1.25.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin-sipe_1.25.0.bb
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[krb5] = "--with-krb5=yes,--with-krb5=no,krb5"
 PACKAGECONFIG[telepathy] = "--enable-telepathy=yes,--enable-telepathy=no,telepathy-glib"
 #PACKAGECONFIG[gssapi_only] = "--enable-gssapi-only=yes,--enable-gssapi-only=no,krb5"
 PACKAGECONFIG[debug] = "--enable-debug=yes,--enable-debug=no,valgrind"
+# disable Werror by default, useful for dev mode
+PACKAGECONFIG[quality] = "--enable-quality-check=yes,--enable-quality-check=no,"
 
 FILES:${PN}-dev += " \
     ${libdir}/purple-2/*.la \
@@ -35,5 +37,3 @@ FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/appdata \
     ${datadir}/metainfo \
 "
-
-CFLAGS = "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"