diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index 815c6a1569..1c3fc5a036 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 
 PY_DISABLED_MODULES="readline _curses _curses_panel _tkinter nis gdbm bsddb"
 
-# dont use some optimizations because of problems
-# this fixes problems with expat (maybe)
-#  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 mkdir -p .objdir-target && cd .objdir-target
 
@@ -36,7 +32,6 @@ ac_cv_file_dev_ptmx=yes \
 ac_cv_func_lchflags_works=no \
 ac_cv_func_chflags_works=no \
 ac_cv_func_printf_zd=yes \
-OPT="-g -fwrapv -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes" \
 ../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
              --build=$HOST_NAME \
              --prefix=/usr \