diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d926af8c75..e015c75828 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6139,11 +6139,7 @@ elif enabled ccc; then
     add_cflags -msg_disable nonstandcast
     add_cflags -msg_disable unsupieee
 elif enabled gcc; then
-    case $gcc_basever in
-        4.9*) enabled x86 || check_optflags -fno-tree-vectorize ;;
-        4.*)                 check_optflags -fno-tree-vectorize ;;
-        *)    enabled x86 || check_optflags -fno-tree-vectorize ;;
-    esac
+    check_optflags -fno-tree-vectorize
     check_cflags -Werror=format-security
     check_cflags -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
     check_cflags -Werror=missing-prototypes