diff --git a/libkcapi.spec b/libkcapi.spec
index 98894be..cbc4b2b 100644
--- a/libkcapi.spec
+++ b/libkcapi.spec
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ libkcapi user space tools to access certain hash algorithms.
 
 %build
 autoreconf -i
-export RPM_OPT_FLAGS="-fcommon $RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 %configure 			\
   --disable-static		\
   --enable-kcapi-test		\