diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index 9299c35965..22cb6ccf53 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ else
   XBMC_CRYSTALHD="--disable-crystalhd"
 fi
 
-# ensure we dont use size optimization.
-  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O2|"`
-  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O2|"`
-
 # dont use some optimizations because of problems
 # this fixes problems with faac implementation of ffmpeg
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`