diff --git a/platform/unix/configure.ac b/platform/unix/configure.ac
index b04c5a1ec..452df44cb 100644
--- a/platform/unix/configure.ac
+++ b/platform/unix/configure.ac
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ AS_VAR_IF([enable_osx], [no], [], #else
 		  AC_SUBST([LDFLAGS], ["${LDFLAGS} -framework CoreFoundation -framework Cocoa"])
 		  AC_SUBST([CPPFLAGS], ["${CPPFLAGS} -I../platform/macosx"]))
 
-# stb_image sse2 override (https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/280)
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([stbi-sse2-override],
-			  AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-stbi-sse2-override], [Force stb_image SSE2 support]), [], [enable_stbi_sse2_override=no])
-AS_VAR_IF([enable_stbi_sse2_override], [no], [], #else
-		  AC_SUBST([CPPFLAGS], ["${CPPFLAGS} -DLOVE_STBI_SSE2_OVERRIDE"]))
-
 # --with-lua and --with-luaversion
 AC_ARG_WITH([lua], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-lua], [Select the lua implementation])],
 	[], [with_lua=luajit])