diff --git a/libs/libmad/Makefile b/libs/libmad/Makefile
index 98da47fb4..ae31a470d 100644
--- a/libs/libmad/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libmad/Makefile
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--disable-debugging \
 	--enable-speed \
 
-# XXX: configure is parsing and "optimizing" CFLAGS, adding unsupported 
-# XXX: compiler args to it (like -fforce-mem)
-# XXX: so pass an empty one to configure
-CONFIGURE_VARS+= \
-	CFLAGS="" \
-
-# XXX: and pass our own to make
 MAKE_FLAGS+= \
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \