diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0cff13d..b1cf998 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -298,12 +298,9 @@
 tryflag CFLAGS_MEMOPS -fno-tree-loop-distribute-patterns
 
 #
-# If debugging is explicitly enabled, don't auto-enable optimizations
+# Enable debugging if requessted.
 #
-if test "$debug" = yes ; then
-CFLAGS_AUTO=-g
-test "$optimize" = auto && optimize=no
-fi
+test "$debug" = yes && CFLAGS_AUTO=-g
 
 #
 # Possibly add a -O option to CFLAGS and select modules to optimize with