diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e672b7d..4c939122 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -327,15 +327,13 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring "$(PLATFORM)", "linux" "gnu_kfreebsd" "kfreebsd-gnu"))
 
   ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
     OPTIMIZEVM = -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops \
-      -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 -falign-functions=2 \
-      -fstrength-reduce
+      -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
     OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) -ffast-math
     HAVE_VM_COMPILED = true
   else
   ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
     OPTIMIZEVM = -O3 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointer \
-      -funroll-loops -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 \
-      -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
+      -funroll-loops -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
     OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) -ffast-math
     HAVE_VM_COMPILED=true
   else
@@ -485,7 +483,6 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),darwin)
     $(LIBSDIR)/macosx/libSDL-1.2.0.dylib
   RENDERER_LIBS += -framework OpenGL $(LIBSDIR)/macosx/libSDL-1.2.0.dylib
 
-  OPTIMIZEVM += -falign-loops=16
   OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) -ffast-math
 
   SHLIBEXT=dylib
@@ -560,15 +557,13 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),mingw32)
 
   ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
     OPTIMIZEVM = -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer \
-      -falign-loops=2 -funroll-loops -falign-jumps=2 -falign-functions=2 \
-      -fstrength-reduce
+      -funroll-loops -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
     OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) --fast-math
     HAVE_VM_COMPILED = true
   endif
   ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
     OPTIMIZEVM = -O3 -march=i586 -fno-omit-frame-pointer \
-      -falign-loops=2 -funroll-loops -falign-jumps=2 -falign-functions=2 \
-      -fstrength-reduce
+      -funroll-loops -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
     OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) -ffast-math
     HAVE_VM_COMPILED = true
   endif
@@ -713,15 +708,13 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),openbsd)
 
   ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
     OPTIMIZEVM = -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops \
-      -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 -falign-functions=2 \
-      -fstrength-reduce
+      -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
     OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) -ffast-math
     HAVE_VM_COMPILED = true
   else
   ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
     OPTIMIZEVM = -O3 -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointer \
-      -funroll-loops -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 \
-      -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
+      -funroll-loops -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
     OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) -ffast-math
     HAVE_VM_COMPILED=true
   else
@@ -859,7 +852,6 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),sunos)
   else
   ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
     OPTIMIZEVM += -march=i586 -fomit-frame-pointer \
-      -falign-loops=2 -falign-jumps=2 \
       -falign-functions=2 -fstrength-reduce
     HAVE_VM_COMPILED=true
     BASE_CFLAGS += -m32