diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index eb9bee4189..2706a04eb2 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ make distclean
 
 setup_toolchain target
 
-# Fails to compile with GCC's link time optimization.
-  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-
 ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no \
 ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no \
 ac_cv_lib_readline_readline=no \