diff --git a/libselinux/src/Makefile b/libselinux/src/Makefile
index f9a1e5f5..b1620113 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/Makefile
+++ b/libselinux/src/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ SRCS= $(filter-out $(GENERATED) audit2why.c, $(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
 MAX_STACK_SIZE=32768
 
 ifeq ($(COMPILER), gcc)
-EXTRA_CFLAGS = -fipa-pure-const -Wlogical-op -Wpacked-bitfield-compat -Wsync-nand \
+EXTRA_CFLAGS = -Wlogical-op -Wpacked-bitfield-compat -Wsync-nand \
 	-Wcoverage-mismatch -Wcpp -Wformat-contains-nul -Wnormalized=nfc -Wsuggest-attribute=const \
 	-Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn -Wsuggest-attribute=pure -Wtrampolines -Wjump-misses-init \
 	-Wno-suggest-attribute=pure -Wno-suggest-attribute=const -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 \