--- a/src/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.cc
+++ b/src/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.cc
@@ -6120,13 +6120,6 @@ ia64_option_override (void)
 static void
 ia64_override_options_after_change (void)
 {
-  if (optimize >= 3
-      && !OPTION_SET_P (flag_selective_scheduling)
-      && !OPTION_SET_P (flag_selective_scheduling2))
-    {
-      flag_selective_scheduling2 = 1;
-      flag_sel_sched_pipelining = 1;
-    }
   if (mflag_sched_control_spec == 2)
     {
       /* Control speculation is on by default for the selective scheduler,
