diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3f05a32aec2..f96eb86a05c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15375,7 +15375,6 @@ fi
       *powerpc*)
         LDDLLFLAGS="$LDDLLFLAGS -read_only_relocs warning"          ;;
     esac
-            CFLAGS=`echo "$CFLAGS" | sed -e s/-O2/-O1/`
     ;;
   *)
     DLLFLAGS="$DLLFLAGS -fPIC"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dc2c337833f..72a41a04e55 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1056,9 +1056,6 @@ case $host_os in
         LDDLLFLAGS="$LDDLLFLAGS -read_only_relocs warning"  dnl FIXME
         ;;
     esac
-    dnl Disable optimizations because of force_align_arg_pointer bug
-    dnl FIXME: should be removed when gcc is fixed
-    CFLAGS=`echo "$CFLAGS" | sed -e s/-O2/-O1/`
     ;;
   *)
     DLLFLAGS="$DLLFLAGS -fPIC"