diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 47c7e55f0..589d28f22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
             compiler_fc: gfortran-10
             caching: true
             coverage: true
-            cmake_options: -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
 
           - name: linux gnu-12
             os: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ jobs:
             compiler_fc: gfortran-12
             caching: true
             coverage: false
-            cmake_options: -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
 
           - name: linux gnu-14
             os: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ jobs:
             compiler_fc: gfortran-14
             caching: true
             coverage: false
-            cmake_options: -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
 
           - name: linux clang-13
             os: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -81,7 +78,6 @@ jobs:
             compiler_fc: gfortran-10
             caching: true
             coverage: false
-            cmake_options: -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
 
           - name: linux clang-18
             os: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -91,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
             compiler_fc: gfortran-14
             caching: true
             coverage: false
-            cmake_options: -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
 
           - name : linux intel
             os: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -101,7 +96,6 @@ jobs:
             compiler_fc: ifx
             caching: true
             coverage: false
-            cmake_options: -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
 
           - name : linux intel-classic
             os: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -111,7 +105,6 @@ jobs:
             compiler_fc: ifort
             caching: true
             coverage: false
-            cmake_options: -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
 
           - name: linux nvhpc-25.1
             os: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -121,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
             compiler_fc: nvfortran
             caching: true
             coverage: false
-            cmake_options: -DSKIP_TEST_atlas_test_omp_sort=TRUE -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
+            cmake_options: -DSKIP_TEST_atlas_test_omp_sort=TRUE
 
           - name: macos
             # Xcode compiler requires empty environment variables, so we pass null (~) here
@@ -283,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
         dependency_cmake_options: |
           ecmwf/eckit: "-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }} -DENABLE_TESTS=OFF -DENABLE_ECKIT_CMD=OFF -DENABLE_ECKIT_SQL=OFF -DENABLE_WARNINGS=OFF"
           ecmwf/fckit: "-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }} -DENABLE_TESTS=OFF"
-        cmake_options: "-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }} -DATLAS_BITS_LOCAL=64 ${{ matrix.cmake_options }}"
+        cmake_options: "-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }} -DATLAS_BITS_LOCAL=64 -DENABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON ${{ matrix.cmake_options }}"
         ctest_options: "${{ matrix.ctest_options }}"
 
     - name: Verify tools