diff --git a/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template b/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
index 8756af175ba..f711b89509e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ checksum=4f0bfd486efc6ea7229f7fbc54340ff8b2094a0d73e9f617e0a39f878999a247
 CFLAGS="-fcommon"
 
 pre_configure() {
-	# does runtime detection, this actually breaks build
-	CFLAGS=${CFLAGS/-mno-altivec/}
-	CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS/-mno-altivec/}
-
 	ACLOCAL=/usr/bin/aclocal \
 	AUTOCONF=/usr/bin/autoconf \
 	AUTOHEADER=/usr/bin/autoheader \