diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6244cb9e..98456b7f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -13755,7 +13755,7 @@ esac
 if test "${enable_lto+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_lto;
 else
-  enable_lto=probe
+  enable_lto=no
 fi
 
 if test "$enable_lto" = "yes" || test "$enable_lto" = "probe"; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6c464ba7..0c2b2421 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ dnl Enable LTO for all packages
 dnl
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([lto],
 [  --enable-lto		  enable link time optimization],,
-enable_lto=probe)
+enable_lto=no)
 if test "$enable_lto" = "yes" || test "$enable_lto" = "probe"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([if C compiler supports LTO])
 	OLD_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"