diff --git a/projects/intel/options b/projects/intel/options
index e3075b2888..181c6aeba1 100644
--- a/projects/intel/options
+++ b/projects/intel/options
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       #               athlon-fx amdfam10 barcelona
       # (Intel CPUs)  core2 nocona
       #
-      #TARGET_CPU="generic"
+      TARGET_CPU="core2"
       ;;
   esac