diff --git a/mkspecs/linux-icc/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/linux-icc/qmake.conf
index 8ca2767061..4822d2a0e0 100644
--- a/mkspecs/linux-icc/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/linux-icc/qmake.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ QMAKE_CFLAGS_APP        = -fPIC
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS       = -M
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON    = -w1 -Wall -Wcheck -wd1572,873,2259,2261,3373
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF   = -w
-QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2 -falign-functions=16 -ansi-alias -fstrict-aliasing
+QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2 -ansi-alias -fstrict-aliasing
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG      = -O0 -g
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB      = -fPIC
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_STATIC_LIB = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_SHLIB