diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7b25752e..5d4347d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),freebsd)
   CLIENT_CFLAGS += $(SDL_CFLAGS)
   HAVE_VM_COMPILED = true
 
-  OPTIMIZEVM = -O3
+  OPTIMIZEVM =
   OPTIMIZE = $(OPTIMIZEVM) -ffast-math
 
   SHLIBEXT=so