diff --git a/benchmark/http_simple.js b/benchmark/http_simple.js
index b83c2c9430..9025e5d940 100644
--- a/benchmark/http_simple.js
+++ b/benchmark/http_simple.js
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ path = require("path");
 libDir = path.join(path.dirname(__filename), "../lib");
 require.paths.unshift(libDir);
 
-var sys = (require("sys"));
-for (var i in sys) global[i] = sys[i];
+var puts = require("sys").puts;
 http = require("http");
 
 fixed = ""
diff --git a/deps/v8/SConstruct b/deps/v8/SConstruct
index 0b038039ef..5483663fd6 100644
--- a/deps/v8/SConstruct
+++ b/deps/v8/SConstruct
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ V8_EXTRA_FLAGS = {
   'gcc': {
     'all': {
       'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-Wall',
-                       '-Werror',
                        '-W',
                        '-Wno-unused-parameter',
                        '-Wnon-virtual-dtor']