diff --git a/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon b/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
index 3aa721b8a..f28ff6f36 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
+++ b/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ WARN_CFLAGS_NO = -w
 OPT_CFLAGS_YES = -O3
 OPT_CFLAGS_NO = -g
 
-CODE_CXXFLAGS = -fPIC -frepo
+CODE_CXXFLAGS = -fPIC 
 CONFORM_CXXFLAGS_NORMAL = -ansi -pedantic
 CONFORM_CXXFLAGS_STRICT = -ansi -pedantic
 #WARN_CXXFLAGS_YES = -Wall -Weffc++