diff --git a/src/template/freebsd b/src/template/freebsd
index 1e04fece42b585de3a1bc83bd5f3385a4e4fff1b..772e2f1a5f781eeaaf2de10bed79dc0222501fc5 100644
--- a/src/template/freebsd
+++ b/src/template/freebsd
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
 # src/template/freebsd
-
-case $host_cpu in
-  alpha*)   CFLAGS="-O";;  # alpha has problems with -O2
-esac