diff --git a/numpy/distutils/system_info.py b/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
index 9e192329f635..85a0c932145c 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
@@ -2494,8 +2494,6 @@ def calc_info(self):
                     'accelerate' in libraries):
                 if intel:
                     args.extend(['-msse3'])
-                else:
-                    args.extend(['-faltivec'])
                 args.extend([
                     '-I/System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Headers'])
                 link_args.extend(['-Wl,-framework', '-Wl,Accelerate'])
@@ -2504,8 +2502,6 @@ def calc_info(self):
                       'veclib' in libraries):
                 if intel:
                     args.extend(['-msse3'])
-                else:
-                    args.extend(['-faltivec'])
                 args.extend([
                     '-I/System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Headers'])
                 link_args.extend(['-Wl,-framework', '-Wl,vecLib'])