diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index fa77d57dc1..393b3f0d72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -125,38 +125,6 @@ jobs:
       run: ./.github/scripts/unittest.sh
 
 
-  Warnings:
-    name: 'W: Check Compilation Warnings'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.12.3
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        submodules: 'true'
-
-    - name: Get number of CPU cores
-      uses: SimenB/github-actions-cpu-cores@v2
-      id: cpu-cores
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: ./.github/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
-
-    - uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-
-    - name: Test
-      env:
-        #In order to get compilation warnings produced per source file, we must do a non-IPO build
-        #We also turn warnings into errors for this target by doing a strict compile
-        CMAKE_PARAMS: "-DVTR_ASSERT_LEVEL=3 -DWITH_BLIFEXPLORER=on -DVTR_ENABLE_STRICT_COMPILE=on -DVTR_IPO_BUILD=off"
-        NUM_PROC: ${{ steps.cpu-cores.outputs.count }}
-      run: |
-        export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH"
-        ./.github/scripts/build.sh
-
-
   Regression:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
@@ -517,7 +485,6 @@ jobs:
       - Build
       - Format
       - UniTests
-      - Warnings
       - Regression
       - Sanitized
       - Parmys
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f86cefb29..c9dcf28c43 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ set_property(CACHE VTR_IPO_BUILD PROPERTY STRINGS auto on off)
 set(VTR_ASSERT_LEVEL "2" CACHE STRING "VTR assertion checking level. 0: no assertions, 1: fast assertions, 2: regular assertions, 3: additional assertions with noticeable run-time overhead, 4: all assertions (including those with significant run-time cost)")
 set_property(CACHE VTR_ASSERT_LEVEL PROPERTY STRINGS 0 1 2 3 4)
 
-option(VTR_ENABLE_STRICT_COMPILE "Specifies whether compiler warnings should be treated as errors (e.g. -Werror)" OFF)
 option(VTR_ENABLE_SANITIZE "Enable address/leak/undefined-behaviour sanitizers (i.e. run-time error checking)" OFF)
 option(VTR_ENABLE_PROFILING "Enable performance profiler (gprof)" OFF)
 option(VTR_ENABLE_COVERAGE "Enable code coverage tracking (gcov)" OFF)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 109288f034..286c1cf2e8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ override CMAKE_PARAMS := -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE) -G 'Unix Makefil
 #Are we doing a strict (i.e. warnings as errors) build?
 ifneq (,$(findstring strict,$(BUILD_TYPE)))
 	#Configure for strict build with VPR warning treated as errors
-override CMAKE_PARAMS := -DVTR_ENABLE_STRICT_COMPILE=on ${CMAKE_PARAMS}
+override CMAKE_PARAMS := -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=on ${CMAKE_PARAMS}
 endif #Strict build type
 
 #Enable verbosity
diff --git a/odin_ii/CMakeLists.txt b/odin_ii/CMakeLists.txt
index a5147fe0bb..22f3759728 100644
--- a/odin_ii/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/odin_ii/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,22 +190,5 @@ if (ODIN_USES_IPO)
     set_property(TARGET odin_ii APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS ${IPO_LINK_WARN_SUPRESS_FLAGS})
 endif()
 
-#add strict odin compiler flags, if set
-if(VTR_ENABLE_STRICT_COMPILE)
-    message(STATUS "odin_ii: building with strict flags")
-
-    set(ODIN_STRICT_COMPILE_FLAGS_TO_CHECK
-        #GCC-like
-        "-Werror"
-        )
-
-    foreach(flag ${ODIN_STRICT_COMPILE_FLAGS_TO_CHECK})
-        message(STATUS "\tAdding CXX flag: ${flag}")
-        target_compile_options(libodin_ii PRIVATE ${flag})
-        target_compile_options(odin_ii PRIVATE ${flag})
-        target_link_libraries(odin_ii ${flag})
-    endforeach()
-endif()
-
 install(TARGETS odin_ii libodin_ii DESTINATION bin)
 install(FILES ${LIB_HEADERS} DESTINATION include/libodin_ii)
diff --git a/vpr/CMakeLists.txt b/vpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 530928ac61..ffbec09544 100644
--- a/vpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -227,24 +227,6 @@ else()
     message(ERROR "Unsupported VPR_PGO_CONFIG '${VPR_PGO_CONFIG}'")
 endif()
 
-if (VTR_ENABLE_STRICT_COMPILE)
-    message(STATUS "VPR: building with strict flags")
-
-    set(VPR_STRICT_COMPILE_FLAGS_TO_CHECK
-        #GCC-like
-        "-Werror"
-        # due to the pointer hackery in timing_driven_route_structs and BinaryHeap.heap_
-        "-Wno-error=free-nonheap-object"
-        )
-
-    foreach(flag ${VPR_STRICT_COMPILE_FLAGS_TO_CHECK})
-        message(STATUS "\tAdding CXX flag: ${flag}")
-        target_compile_options(libvpr PRIVATE ${flag})
-        target_compile_options(vpr PRIVATE ${flag})
-        target_link_libraries(vpr ${flag})
-    endforeach()
-endif()
-
 #
 # Execution Engine Configuration
 #