diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d9c5f04..0304fc5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@
 # Generated by rstantools.  Do not edit by hand.
 
 "${R_HOME}/bin/Rscript" -e "rstantools::rstan_config()"
-
-# Add configuration needed for big object files
-echo "PKG_CXXFLAGS += -Wa,-mbig-obj" >> ./src/Makevars