diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d9db1dd3d2..dfba4dbb2c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -222,14 +222,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(pppd/pppd.h,,
 
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(more-warnings,
-AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-more-warnings], [Maximum compiler warnings]),
-set_more_warnings="$enableval",[
-if test -d "$srcdir/{arch}" || test -d "$srcdir/CVS"; then
-	set_more_warnings=yes
-else
-	set_more_warnings=no
-fi
-])
+AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-more-warnings], [Maximum compiler warnings]), set_more_warnings="$enableval",set_more_warnings=yes)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for more warnings, including -Werror)
 if test "$GCC" = "yes" -a "$set_more_warnings" != "no"; then
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)