diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 65c15280d2..eb993d3904 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1881,9 +1881,6 @@ enabled spic && enable pic
 case $target_os in
     beos|haiku|zeta)
         prefix_default="$HOME/config"
-        # helps building libavcodec
-        add_cppflags -DPIC
-        add_cflags -fomit-frame-pointer
         # 3 gcc releases known for BeOS, each with ugly bugs
         gcc_version="$($cc -v 2>&1 | grep version | cut -d ' ' -f3-)"
         case "$gcc_version" in