diff --git a/openafs.spec b/openafs.spec
index 67ba351..3f931f5 100644
--- a/openafs.spec
+++ b/openafs.spec
@@ -341,11 +341,7 @@ perl -pi -e 's,^(XLIBS.*),\1 -lresolv,' src/config/Makefile.amd64_linux24.in
 afs_sysname=${sysbase}_linux26
 
 RPM_OPT_FLAGS=`echo ${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} | sed s/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2//`
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500 
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC -fcommon" 
-%else
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC" 
-%endif
 
 export KRB5LIBS='-lcom_err -lkrb5'
 export PATH_KRB5_CONFIG=%{krb5_config}