--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -157,11 +157,6 @@ parser.add_option("--enable-vtune-profiling",
          "JavaScript code executed in nodejs. This feature is only available "
          "for x32, x86, and x64 architectures.")
 
-parser.add_option("--enable-lto",
-    action="store_true",
-    dest="enable_lto",
-    help="Enable compiling with lto of a binary. This feature is only available "
-         "on linux with gcc and g++.")
 
 parser.add_option("--link-module",
     action="append",
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -176,17 +176,6 @@
           ['OS!="mac" and OS!="win"', {
             'cflags': [ '-fno-omit-frame-pointer' ],
           }],
-          ['OS=="linux"', {
-            'variables': {
-              'lto': ' -flto=4 -fuse-linker-plugin -ffat-lto-objects ',
-            },
-            'conditions': [
-              ['enable_lto=="true"', {
-                'cflags': ['<(lto)'],
-                'ldflags': ['<(lto)'],
-              },],
-            ],
-          },],
           ['OS == "android"', {
             'cflags': [ '-fPIE' ],
             'ldflags': [ '-fPIE', '-pie' ]