diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b6b54c49f03fdc888d970b3185030bcdc0a46197..84aa02c8243be08ae2e88e18c154e4ee311b7e58 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4333,8 +4333,8 @@ case "$UNAME" in
     CC="cc"
     OPTIM="-O2"
             FLAGS="-LANG:std -OPT:Olimit=0 -DOLDCINCLUDE ${FLAGS}"
-    AR="CC -mips3 -n32 -ar -o"
-    LINKER="CC -O2 -mips3 -n32"
+    AR="CC -ar -o"
+    LINKER="CC -O2"
     ;;
 
   OSF1*)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6957f535c868e65d5f2c7952f16e551390053900..16443ff9048303d9b60649b2a4480c45ca01b255 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.66 2005-06-20 17:00:23 geuzaine Exp $
+dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.67 2005-06-20 17:43:24 geuzaine Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Copyright (C) 1997-2005 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 dnl
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ case "$UNAME" in
     dnl "-DOLDCINCLUDE" is for Netgen
     dnl Add "-mips3 -n32" to FLAGS, AR and LINKER for portable 32 bit binary
     FLAGS="-LANG:std -OPT:Olimit=0 -DOLDCINCLUDE ${FLAGS}"
-    AR="CC -mips3 -n32 -ar -o"
-    LINKER="CC -O2 -mips3 -n32"
+    AR="CC -ar -o"
+    LINKER="CC -O2"
     ;;
 
   OSF1*)