diff -Nadur sdcc-orig/configure.in sdcc/configure.in
--- sdcc-orig/configure.in	2008-04-20 15:24:14.000000000 +0200
+++ sdcc/configure.in	2008-04-20 15:27:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -320,17 +320,6 @@
 M_OR_MM=$sdcc_cv_MM
 AC_SUBST(M_OR_MM)
 
-# This is the first time when CFLAGS are set/modified!!
-adl_DD_COPT(CC, ggdb)
-if test "$sdcc_cv_CCggdb" = "yes"; then
-  CFLAGS="-ggdb ${CFLAGS}"
-fi
-
-adl_DD_COPT(CC, pipe)
-if test "$sdcc_cv_CCpipe" = "yes"; then
-  CFLAGS="-pipe $CFLAGS"
-fi
-
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 # ===========================================================================
diff -Nadur sdcc-orig/debugger/mcs51/configure.in sdcc/debugger/mcs51/configure.in
--- sdcc-orig/debugger/mcs51/configure.in	2008-04-20 15:24:19.000000000 +0200
+++ sdcc/debugger/mcs51/configure.in	2008-04-20 15:26:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -148,17 +148,6 @@
 M_OR_MM=$sdcc_cv_MM
 AC_SUBST(M_OR_MM)
 
-# This is the first time when CFLAGS are set/modified!!
-adl_DD_COPT(CC, ggdb)
-if test "$sdcc_cv_CCggdb" = "yes"; then
-  CFLAGS="-ggdb ${CFLAGS}"
-fi
-
-adl_DD_COPT(CC, pipe)
-if test "$sdcc_cv_CCpipe" = "yes"; then
-  CFLAGS="-pipe $CFLAGS"
-fi
-
 
 # Set standard installation paths
 # ===========================================================================
diff -Nadur sdcc-orig/sim/ucsim/configure.in sdcc/sim/ucsim/configure.in
--- sdcc-orig/sim/ucsim/configure.in	2008-04-20 15:24:11.000000000 +0200
+++ sdcc/sim/ucsim/configure.in	2008-04-20 15:26:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -514,28 +514,6 @@
 M_OR_MM=$ucsim_cv_MM
 AC_SUBST(M_OR_MM)
 
-# This is the first time when CFLAGS are set/modified!!
-
-DD_COPT(CXX, ggdb)
-DD_COPT(CXX, gstabs)
-if test "$ucsim_cv_CXXgstabs" = "yes"; then
-   gopt="-gstabs+ -g3"
-elif test "$ucsim_cv_CXXggdb" = "yes"; then
-     gopt="-ggdb -g3"
-else
-     gopt="-g"
-fi
-if test "$CXXFLAGS"x = x ;then
-        CXXFLAGS="$gopt"
-else
-        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $gopt"
-fi
-
-DD_COPT(CXX, pipe)
-if test "$ucsim_cv_CXXpipe" = "yes"; then
-  CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -pipe"
-fi
-
 PICOPT=""
 SHAREDLIB="no"
 DD_COPT_NO_IGNORE(CXX, fPIC)