diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 162fee7575..705aba1f5e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ Miscellaneous options:
 Advanced options:
   --enable-shm              enable shm [autodetect]
   --enable-debug[=1-3]      compile-in debugging information [disable]
-  --enable-profile          compile-in profiling information [disable]
 
 Use these options if autodetection fails:
   --extra-cflags=FLAGS        extra CFLAGS
@@ -561,12 +560,6 @@ for ac_option do
   --disable-static)
     _ld_static=''
     ;;
-  --enable-profile)
-    _profile='-p'
-    ;;
-  --disable-profile)
-    _profile=
-    ;;
   --enable-debug)
     _debug='-g'
     _opt=
@@ -1128,16 +1121,16 @@ cflag_check -pipe -I. && _pipe="-pipe" && echores "yes" || echores "no"
 # Checking for CFLAGS
 if test -z "$CFLAGS" ; then
   if test "$cc_vendor" = "intel" ; then
-    CFLAGS="$_opt $_debug $_profile $_march $_mcpu $_pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
+    CFLAGS="$_opt $_debug $_pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
     WARNFLAGS="-wd167 -wd556 -wd144"
   elif test "$cc_vendor" = "clang"; then
-    CFLAGS="$_opt $_debug $_profile $_march $_pipe"
+    CFLAGS="$_opt $_debug $_pipe"
     WARNFLAGS="-Wall -Wno-switch -Wno-logical-op-parentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -Wno-pointer-sign -Wmissing-prototypes"
     ERRORFLAGS="-Werror=implicit-function-declaration"
   elif test "$cc_vendor" != "gnu" ; then
-    CFLAGS="$_opt $_debug $_profile $_march $_mcpu $_pipe"
+    CFLAGS="$_opt $_debug $_pipe"
   else
-    CFLAGS="$_opt $_debug $_profile $_march $_mcpu $_pipe -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer"
+    CFLAGS="$_opt $_debug $_pipe -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer"
     WARNFLAGS="-Wall -Wno-switch -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls"
     ERRORFLAGS="-Werror-implicit-function-declaration"
     extra_ldflags="$extra_ldflags -ffast-math"