diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3d50c83..802de14 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ possible_common_cc_flags = [
         '-Warray-bounds=2',
         '-Wdate-time',
         '-Wendif-labels',
+]
+vcpkg_omit_werror = [
         '-Werror=bool-compare',
         '-Werror=discarded-qualifiers',
         '-Werror=flex-array-member-not-at-end',
@@ -392,6 +394,8 @@ possible_common_cc_flags = [
         '-Werror=shift-overflow=2',
         '-Werror=strict-flex-arrays',
         '-Werror=undef',
+]
+possible_common_cc_flags += [
         '-Wfloat-equal',
         # gperf prevents us from enabling this because it does not emit fallthrough
         # attribute with clang.
@@ -511,19 +515,6 @@ add_project_link_arguments(
 userspace_c_args += cc.get_supported_arguments(possible_cc_flags)
 userspace_c_ld_args += cc.get_supported_link_arguments(possible_link_flags)
 
-if cc.compiles('''
-   #include <time.h>
-   #include <inttypes.h>
-   typedef uint64_t usec_t;
-   usec_t now(clockid_t clock);
-   int main(void) {
-           struct timespec now;
-           return 0;
-   }
-''', args: '-Werror=shadow', name : '-Werror=shadow with local shadowing')
-        add_project_arguments('-Werror=shadow', language : 'c')
-endif
-
 if cxx_cmd != ''
         add_project_arguments(cxx.get_supported_arguments(basic_disabled_warnings), language : 'cpp')
 endif