diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 43e096e9725..38810bf040b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6265,7 +6265,7 @@ EOF
 
 *-*linux*)
     TARGET_NSPR_MDCPUCFG='\"md/_linux.cfg\"'
-    MOZ_OPTIMIZE_FLAGS="-Os -finline-functions -finline-limit=50 -freorder-blocks -fno-reorder-functions"
+    MOZ_OPTIMIZE_FLAGS="-Os -freorder-blocks -fno-reorder-functions"
     MOZ_DEBUG_FLAGS="-g -fno-inline"  # most people on linux use gcc/gdb,
                                       # and that combo is not yet good at
                                       # debugging inlined functions (even