diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 625ee3c57..ca33da1f2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ 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)