diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5148b9d301..a3422e5304 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6873,7 +6873,7 @@ int main(void) { unsigned long x, y; faacEncOpen(48000, 2, &x, &y); return 0; }
 EOF
   _faac=no
   for _ld_faac in "-lfaac" "-lfaac -lmp4v2 -lstdc++" ; do
-    cc_check -O4 $_ld_faac $_ld_lm && libs_mencoder="$libs_mencoder $_ld_faac" && _faac=yes && break
+    cc_check $_ld_faac $_ld_lm && libs_mencoder="$libs_mencoder $_ld_faac" && _faac=yes && break
   done
 fi
 if test "$_faac" = yes ; then