diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 72de9b1c..5d4347d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -654,13 +654,13 @@ else # ifdef MINGW
 ifeq ($(PLATFORM),freebsd)
 
   # flags
-  BASE_CFLAGS = $(shell env MACHINE_ARCH=$(ARCH) make -f /dev/null -VCFLAGS) \
+  BASE_CFLAGS = \
     -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
     -DUSE_ICON -DMAP_ANONYMOUS=MAP_ANON
   CLIENT_CFLAGS += $(SDL_CFLAGS)
   HAVE_VM_COMPILED = true
 
-  OPTIMIZEVM = -O3
+  OPTIMIZEVM =
   OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) -ffast-math
 
   SHLIBEXT=so