diff --git a/libmad/configure.ac b/libmad/configure.ac
index 9b79399..7608315 100644
--- a/libmad/configure.ac
+++ b/libmad/configure.ac
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ then
     case "$optimize" in
 	-O|"-O "*)
 	    optimize="-O"
-	    optimize="$optimize -fforce-mem"
 	    optimize="$optimize -fforce-addr"
 	    : #x optimize="$optimize -finline-functions"
 	    : #- optimize="$optimize -fstrength-reduce"