diff --git a/platform.in b/platform.in
index 4d3b9fb..0ef4578 100644
--- a/platform.in
+++ b/platform.in
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@
 @alt@%_optlevel	2
 @alt@
 @alt@# general optimization flags
-@alt@%optflags_optimization -O%{_optlevel} -fexpensive-optimizations
+@alt@%optflags_optimization -O%{_optlevel}
 @alt@
 @alt@# warning flags
 @alt@%optflags_warnings	-Wall