diff --git a/libtheora.changes b/libtheora.changes
index adf507d..4d08d43 100644
--- a/libtheora.changes
+++ b/libtheora.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 27 23:53:06 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- remove fno-strict-aliasing from CFLAGS as it is no longer
+  needed and will slow down things. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 23 19:15:11 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libtheora.spec b/libtheora.spec
index c33cba5..1effb70 100644
--- a/libtheora.spec
+++ b/libtheora.spec
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ Authors:
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{pkg_version}
 
 %build
-# FIXME:
-# toplevel.c:183: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
-# x86_64/fdct_mmx.c:295: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
-export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
 ACLOCAL="aclocal -I m4" autoreconf -f -i
 %configure \
     --disable-static \