diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a5bb720a74374fd5799c0ef45b0e3a08e89448db..888261496cc26ffc87aefa42df19bfa005946726 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ else
         case $host in 
         *)
                 DEBUG="-g -Wall -Wno-parentheses -DDEBUG -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
-                CFLAGS="-Wall -Wno-parentheses -O3 -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -funroll-loops"
+                CFLAGS="-Wall -Wno-parentheses -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -funroll-loops"
                 PROFILE="-Wall -Wno-parentheses -pg -g -O3 -fno-inline-functions -DDEBUG";;
         esac
 fi