diff --git a/app-emulation/dxvk/dxvk-1.7.3.ebuild b/app-emulation/dxvk/dxvk-1.7.3.ebuild
index fb31db7a1..c3a63ba57 100644
--- a/app-emulation/dxvk/dxvk-1.7.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/dxvk/dxvk-1.7.3.ebuild
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 	if [[ $(is-flag "-march=*") == "true" ]]; then
 		append-flags "-mno-avx"
 	fi
-	replace-flags "-O3" "-O2"
 
 	sed -i "s|^basedir=.*$|basedir=\"${EPREFIX}\"|" setup_dxvk.sh || die
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/dxvk/dxvk-9999.ebuild b/app-emulation/dxvk/dxvk-9999.ebuild
index 01c8b2b28..4d38ca2e1 100644
--- a/app-emulation/dxvk/dxvk-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/dxvk/dxvk-9999.ebuild
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 	if [[ $(is-flag "-march=*") == "true" ]]; then
 		append-flags "-mno-avx"
 	fi
-	replace-flags "-O3" "-O2"
 
 	sed -i "s|^basedir=.*$|basedir=\"${EPREFIX}\"|" setup_dxvk.sh || die