diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 20876c0951..5511a3016d 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ endif
 
 OBJS-$(HAVE_MMX) +=  $(MMX-OBJS-yes)
 
-CFLAGS    += $(CFLAGS-yes)
 OBJS      += $(OBJS-yes)
 FFLIBS    := $(FFLIBS-yes) $(FFLIBS)
 TESTPROGS += $(TESTPROGS-yes)