diff --git a/lib/ffts/debian/rules b/lib/ffts/debian/rules
index 83d494c..db4691a 100755
--- a/lib/ffts/debian/rules
+++ b/lib/ffts/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_MANDIR := /usr/share/man
 DEB_CONFIGURE_PREFIX := /usr/
 DEB_CONFIGURE_INFODIR := /usr/share/info
 
-cdbs_configure_flags := --enable-sse --enable-single --enable-shared --disable-rpath
+cdbs_configure_flags := --enable-single --enable-shared --disable-rpath
 
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)