diff --git a/bin/dunecontrol b/bin/dunecontrol
index b8d222a97f03297d1b08e8e72a0477745708f21d..224ccb1b90d2c4b4477a56b210bd7dbfc9da9de2 100755
--- a/bin/dunecontrol
+++ b/bin/dunecontrol
@@ -717,8 +717,7 @@ run_default_configure () {
       cd "$ABS_BUILDDIR"
       # check for libtool libs, which might break modules depending on this module
       test -n "`find . -name \*.la`" && \
-          echo "Error: your build directory $ABS_BUILDDIR contains libtool built libraries, please cleanup" && \
-          exit 1
+          echo "Warning: your build directory $ABS_BUILDDIR contains libtool built libraries, please cleanup"
       echo "$PREPARAMS $CMAKE -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=\"$CMAKE_MODULE_PATH\" $CMAKE_PARAMS $CMAKE_FLAGS \"$SRCDIR\""
       eval $PREPARAMS $CMAKE "-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=\"$CMAKE_MODULE_PATH\" $CMAKE_PARAMS $CMAKE_FLAGS \"$SRCDIR\"" || exit 1
     else