diff --git a/Sources/SWBCore/Dependencies.swift b/Sources/SWBCore/Dependencies.swift
index 7fa0328e..ddfb4879 100644
--- a/Sources/SWBCore/Dependencies.swift
+++ b/Sources/SWBCore/Dependencies.swift
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public struct ModuleDependenciesContext: Sendable, SerializableCodable {
         guard validate != .no else { return [] }
         guard let imports else {
             return [Diagnostic(
-                behavior: .error,
+                behavior: .warning,
                 location: .unknown,
                 data: DiagnosticData("The current toolchain does not support \(BuiltinMacros.VALIDATE_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES.name)"))]
         }
diff --git a/Tests/SWBBuildSystemTests/DependencyValidationTests.swift b/Tests/SWBBuildSystemTests/DependencyValidationTests.swift
index 21483f31..3908042d 100644
--- a/Tests/SWBBuildSystemTests/DependencyValidationTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SWBBuildSystemTests/DependencyValidationTests.swift
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ fileprivate struct DependencyValidationTests: CoreBasedTests {
                 let buildRequest = BuildRequest(parameters: parameters, buildTargets: [BuildRequest.BuildTargetInfo(parameters: parameters, target: target)], continueBuildingAfterErrors: false, useParallelTargets: true, useImplicitDependencies: true, useDryRun: false)
 
                 try await tester.checkBuild(runDestination: .host, buildRequest: buildRequest, persistent: true) { results in
-                    guard !results.checkError(.prefix("The current toolchain does not support VALIDATE_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES"), failIfNotFound: false) else { return }
+                    guard !results.checkWarning(.prefix("The current toolchain does not support VALIDATE_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES"), failIfNotFound: false) else { return }
 
                     for expectedDiag in expectedDiags {
                         _ = results.check(.contains(expectedDiag.data.description), kind: expectedDiag.behavior, failIfNotFound: true, sourceLocation: #_sourceLocation) { diag in