diff --git a/mkspecs/linux-icc/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/linux-icc/qmake.conf
index d7fe808a01..540069499b 100644
--- a/mkspecs/linux-icc/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/linux-icc/qmake.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ QMAKE_LEX		= flex
 QMAKE_LEXFLAGS		=
 QMAKE_YACC		= yacc
 QMAKE_YACCFLAGS		= -d
-QMAKE_CFLAGS		= -falign-stack=maintain-16-byte
+QMAKE_CFLAGS		=
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS	= -M
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON	= -w1 -Wcheck -wd654,1572,411,873,1125,2259,2261
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF	= -w