diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index d2860d9319..0fd3d11615 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-19	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
+
+	* automake/compile.am: Remove CFLAGS_DEBUG_OPTIMIZE_V (Unused).
+
 2002-11-19	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
 
 	* aclocal/sysv-ipc.m4: Adaptation to autoconf-2.5x.
diff --git a/cpukit/automake/compile.am b/cpukit/automake/compile.am
index 4f79d0eb9f..d51956f958 100644
--- a/cpukit/automake/compile.am
+++ b/cpukit/automake/compile.am
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@ $(CPU_DEFINES) \
 CFLAGS   = @CFLAGS@ $(CPU_CFLAGS) $(XCFLAGS)
 ASFLAGS  = $(CPU_ASFLAGS) $(CPU_CFLAGS) $(XASFLAGS)
 
-## FIXME: This doesn't seem to be correct
-# when debugging, optimize flag: typically empty
-# some compilers do allow optimization with their "-g"
-CFLAGS_DEBUG_OPTIMIZE_V=-g
-
 # profile flag; use gprof(1)
 CFLAGS_PROFILE_V=-pg