diff --git a/share/mk/sys.mk b/share/mk/sys.mk
index b3843bb779b7..e051cfe5a040 100644
--- a/share/mk/sys.mk
+++ b/share/mk/sys.mk
@@ -166,11 +166,7 @@ CC		?=	c89
 CFLAGS		?=	-O
 .else
 CC		?=	cc
-.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "mips"
-CFLAGS		?=	-O -pipe
-.else
 CFLAGS		?=	-O2 -pipe
-.endif
 .if defined(NO_STRICT_ALIASING)
 CFLAGS		+=	-fno-strict-aliasing
 .endif