diff --git a/projects/intel/options b/projects/intel/options
index 6600a199cb..a2f9a43a21 100644
--- a/projects/intel/options
+++ b/projects/intel/options
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
       # (AMD CPUs)    k8 k8-sse3 opteron opteron-sse3 athlon64 athlon64-sse3
       #               athlon-fx athlon-mp athlon-xp athlon-4
       #               athlon-tbird athlon k6-3 k6-2 k6 geode
-      # (Intel CPUs)  core2 nocona prescott pentium4[m] pentium3[m] pentium-m
-      #               pentium2 pentiumpro pentium-mmx pentium
+      # (Intel CPUs)  atom core2 nocona prescott pentium4[m] pentium3[m]
+      #               pentium-m pentium2 pentiumpro pentium-mmx pentium
       #               i686 i586 i486 i386
       # (VIA CPUs)    c3 c3-2
       #
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     x86_64)
       # (AMD CPUs)    k8 k8-sse3 opteron opteron-sse3 athlon64 athlon64-sse3
       #               athlon-fx amdfam10 barcelona
-      # (Intel CPUs)  core2 nocona
+      # (Intel CPUs)  atom core2 nocona
       #
       TARGET_CPU="core2"
       ;;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   OPTIMIZATIONS="speed"
 
 # Project CFLAGS
-  PROJECT_CFLAGS="-mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 -mfpmath=sse"
+  PROJECT_CFLAGS=""
 
 # Timezone to use (empty disables timezone support)
 # use a TZ environment string