diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/build b/packages/devel/pcre/build
index acc32b1a5d..29456feb4c 100755
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/build
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/build
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-# fails to build with gcc-4.6.1
-  strip_lto
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 mkdir -p m4 && do_autoreconf