diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
index a13eddc..5de3583 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ inherit deploy
 
 PARALLEL_MAKE=""
 
-# GCC 4.5.1 builds unusable binaries using -Os, remove it from OPTFLAGS
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CROSS_COMPILE=${TARGET_PREFIX} OPTFLAGS='-O2'"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CROSS_COMPILE=${TARGET_PREFIX}"
 
 python () {
 	if not d.getVar("UBOOT_MACHINE", True):