diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index 905e84c176..9eeee6afb5 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -109,13 +109,9 @@ else
   XBMC_CRYSTALHD="--disable-crystalhd"
 fi
 
-# Fails to compile with GCC's link time optimization.
-  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-
-# fixing undefined reference to 'log' in liba52
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lm"
+# ensure we dont use size optimization.
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O3|"`
+  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O3|"`
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD