diff --git a/gsl.spec b/gsl.spec
index 3d097e6..ad9b379 100644
--- a/gsl.spec
+++ b/gsl.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ mv THANKS.aux THANKS
 %build
 %ifarch %{ix86}
 #RHEL builders fail with 387 floating-point unit, SSE required. Fedora builders do fine both ways. (January 2012)
-%configure CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fgnu89-inline -msse2 -mfpmath=sse"
+%configure CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fgnu89-inline"
 %else
 %configure CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fgnu89-inline"
 # -ffp-contract=off"