--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -1149,8 +1149,6 @@
         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g"
 	enable_fatal_warnings=no
 else
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -ggdb3 -O0"
-
 	# We had to eliminate -Wnested-externs because of libtool changes
         EXTRA_FLAGS="-fgnu89-inline
 		-fstack-protector-all