diff --git a/extra/python/build b/extra/python/build
index a4589bc8..bed3b730 100755
--- a/extra/python/build
+++ b/extra/python/build
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ cat >> Modules/Setup <<EOF
 _uuid nis ossaudiodev
 EOF
 
-# Reported 20-27% performance improvements.
-# See: "PythonNoSemanticInterpositionSpeedup"
-export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-semantic-interposition"
-export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fno-semantic-interposition"
-
 patch -p1 < python3-always-pip.patch
 
 ./configure \