diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/build b/packages/devel/pcre/build
index 9dcfc32705..9bfcc7400b 100755
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/build
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/build
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-# pcre fails building with LTO support on gcc-4.6
-  strip_lto
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-
 mkdir -p m4 && do_autoreconf
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \