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+++ b/bench/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CXX	?= g++
 CXXFLAGS	= -march=native -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -std=c++11 -pthread -I../include -fmax-errors=1
-CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS = -O3 -flto -Wl,--no-as-needed
+CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS = -O3
 
 
 binaries=bench latency
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