diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index b8e1cf709c97492805210eb719c678a5fd85f59c..dd21f9d1d462fb7aa3277bc237703761bae0631b 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_REVISION("$Id: configure.in,v 1.154 1998/07/03 11:29:00 grubba Exp $")
+AC_REVISION("$Id: configure.in,v 1.155 1998/07/17 11:38:40 grubba Exp $")
 AC_INIT(interpret.c)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(machine.h)
 
@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ if test $cflags_is_set = no; then
 
 ### Optimize for different SUN machines. If there is no working 'uname'
 ### no extra optimization will be done, but nothing should break either.
-  AC_SYS_CPU_COMPILER_FLAG(sun4c,-msparclite,sparclite,OPTIMIZE)
+
+# The -sparclite option seems to generate assembler that /bin/as doesn't
+# understand.	/grubba 1998-07-17
+#  AC_SYS_CPU_COMPILER_FLAG(sun4c,-msparclite,sparclite,OPTIMIZE)
   AC_SYS_CPU_COMPILER_FLAG(sun4m,-mv8,microsparc,OPTIMIZE)
   AC_SYS_CPU_COMPILER_FLAG(sun4d,-msupersparc,supersparc,OPTIMIZE)
   AC_SYS_CPU_COMPILER_FLAG(sun4u,-msupersparc,ultrasparc,OPTIMIZE)