diff --git a/package/mpg123/mpg123.mk b/package/mpg123/mpg123.mk
index 333224978e..3db284348c 100644
--- a/package/mpg123/mpg123.mk
+++ b/package/mpg123/mpg123.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 MPG123_VERSION = 1.16.0
 MPG123_SOURCE = mpg123-$(MPG123_VERSION).tar.bz2
 MPG123_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mpg123/mpg123/$(MPG123_VERSION)
-MPG123_CONF_OPT = --with-optimization=0 --disable-lfs-alias
+MPG123_CONF_OPT = --disable-lfs-alias
 MPG123_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 MPG123_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
 MPG123_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING