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"