diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile b/Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile
index c9ec4585f4d6299e250a8bace7db22837152686c..5b99f04df812c2530bcd8a7f3edaa8147b3cde96 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ uname_V := $(shell sh -c 'uname -v 2>/dev/null || echo not')
 
 # CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are for the users to override from the command line.
 
-CFLAGS = -ggdb3 -Wall -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -std=gnu99 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -O6 -march=native
+CFLAGS = -ggdb3 -Wall -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -std=gnu99 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -O6
 LDFLAGS = -lpthread -lrt -lelf
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)