diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ad6aea68d6..d9158de5a5f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -209,10 +209,7 @@ endif()
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")
 
-if (NOT $ENV{S2N_LIBCRYPTO} MATCHES "awslc")
-    # add cast-qual back in for non AWS-LC
-    target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -Wcast-qual)
-endif()
+target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -Wcast-qual)
 
 if (COVERAGE)
     # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_ID.html