diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/Makefile b/fs/reiserfs/Makefile
index a39a562c1c10..bd29c58ccbd8 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/Makefile
@@ -26,14 +26,5 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL),y)
 reiserfs-objs += xattr_acl.o
 endif
 
-# gcc -O2 (the kernel default)  is overaggressive on ppc32 when many inline
-# functions are used.  This causes the compiler to advance the stack
-# pointer out of the available stack space, corrupting kernel space,
-# and causing a panic. Since this behavior only affects ppc32, this ifeq
-# will work around it. If any other architecture displays this behavior,
-# add it here.
-ccflags-$(CONFIG_PPC32) := $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0400, -O1)
-
 TAGS:
 	etags *.c
-