diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 687082884..589ce23d1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ if (Fortran_COMPILER_NAME MATCHES "gfortran.*")
     set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS} -isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
   endif (CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT)
 
-  set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE} -fbounds-check -funroll-all-loops -fno-f2c ${General_FFLAGS}")
+  set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE} -funroll-all-loops -fno-f2c ${General_FFLAGS}")
   set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG} -fbounds-check -fno-f2c ${General_FFLAGS}")
 elseif (Fortran_COMPILER_NAME MATCHES "ifort.*")
   # ifort (untested)
diff --git a/Versions.cmake b/Versions.cmake
index bf77ff75e..11b2106d3 100644
--- a/Versions.cmake
+++ b/Versions.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Version number components
 set (WSJTX_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (WSJTX_VERSION_MINOR 8)
-set (WSJTX_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set (WSJTX_VERSION_MINOR 7)
+set (WSJTX_VERSION_PATCH 1)
 set (WSJTX_RC 0)		 # release candidate number, comment out or zero for development versions
 set (WSJTX_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0) # set to 1 for final release build