diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f2ac51483c..eac122ef4d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2456,7 +2456,7 @@ prefix = $_prefix
 AR=ar
 CC=$_cc
 # OPTFLAGS=-O4 $_profile $_debug $_march $_mcpu -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math
-OPTFLAGS=$CFLAGS -fomit-frame-pointer # make sure -fomit-frame-pointer is always used
+OPTFLAGS=$CFLAGS
 EXTRA_INC=$_extraincdir $_gtkinc
 WIN32_PATH=-DWIN32_PATH=\\"$_win32libdir\\"