--- pycrypto/setup.py

+++ pycrypto/setup.py

@@ -165,28 +165,6 @@

             # Make assert() statements always work

             self.__remove_compiler_option("-DNDEBUG")

-            # Choose our own optimization options

-            for opt in ["-O", "-O0", "-O1", "-O2", "-O3", "-Os"]:

-                self.__remove_compiler_option(opt)

-            if self.debug:

-                # Basic optimization is still needed when debugging to compile

-                # the libtomcrypt code.

-                self.__add_compiler_option("-O")

-            else:

-                # Speed up execution by tweaking compiler options.  This

-                # especially helps the DES modules.

-                self.__add_compiler_option("-O3")

-                self.__add_compiler_option("-fomit-frame-pointer")

-                # Don't include debug symbols unless debugging

-                self.__remove_compiler_option("-g")

-                # Don't include profiling information (incompatible with

-                # -fomit-frame-pointer)

-                self.__remove_compiler_option("-pg")

-            if USE_GCOV:

-                self.__add_compiler_option("-fprofile-arcs")

-                self.__add_compiler_option("-ftest-coverage")

-                self.compiler.libraries += ['gcov']

-

         # Call the superclass's build_extensions method

         build_ext.build_extensions(self)