diff --git a/net-mail/mailutils/mailutils-3.18.ebuild b/net-mail/mailutils/mailutils-3.18.ebuild
index d4e56e08295bb..55896961d8c13 100644
--- a/net-mail/mailutils/mailutils-3.18.ebuild
+++ b/net-mail/mailutils/mailutils-3.18.ebuild
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_configure() {
 	# bug #943873
 	append-cflags -std=gnu17
-	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
 
 	if use guile; then
 		export GUILE_SNARF="${GUILESNARF}"
diff --git a/net-mail/mailutils/mailutils-3.19.ebuild b/net-mail/mailutils/mailutils-3.19.ebuild
index e00a959d23389..c9d8f8669d3b8 100644
--- a/net-mail/mailutils/mailutils-3.19.ebuild
+++ b/net-mail/mailutils/mailutils-3.19.ebuild
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_configure() {
 	# bug #943873
 	append-cflags -std=gnu17
-	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
 
 	if use guile; then
 		export GUILE_SNARF="${GUILESNARF}"