diff --git a/lib/libtelnet/Makefile b/lib/libtelnet/Makefile
index f309fa86af25..eec5fb35428c 100644
--- a/lib/libtelnet/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libtelnet/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #	from: @(#)Makefile	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/15/93
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.15 2002/03/22 18:10:21 thorpej Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.16 2003/03/28 21:03:48 thorpej Exp $
 
 .include <bsd.own.mk>
 
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ SRCS=	auth.c encrypt.c genget.c getent.c misc.c
 CPPFLAGS+= -DHAS_CGETENT
 CPPFLAGS+= -I${.CURDIR}
 
-# XXX See doc/HACKS gcc-3-libtelnet
-.if defined(HAVE_GCC3)
-COPTS+=	-O0
-.endif
-
 .if (${USE_KERBEROS} != "no")
 SRCS+=	enc_des.c kerberos.c
 SRCS+=	kerberos5.c