diff --git a/ports/gcc/PACKAGE b/ports/gcc/PACKAGE
index 284583b7..e70a7c12 100644
--- a/ports/gcc/PACKAGE
+++ b/ports/gcc/PACKAGE
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ do_patch()
 
 do_configure()
 {
-    $srcdir/configure --prefix=/usr --target=$LUNA_ARCH-luna --host=$LUNA_ARCH-luna --disable-nls --with-build-sysroot=$LUNA_BASE --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-checking --enable-initfini-array
+    $srcdir/configure --prefix=/usr --target=$LUNA_ARCH-luna --host=$LUNA_ARCH-luna --disable-nls --with-build-sysroot=$LUNA_BASE --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-initfini-array
 }
 
 do_build()