diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c05205b608..d0e9a51462 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2251,13 +2251,6 @@ if test "$fortify_source" = "yes" ; then
   QEMU_CFLAGS="-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 fi
 
-case "$ARCH" in
-alpha)
-  # Ensure there's only a single GP
-  QEMU_CFLAGS="-msmall-data $QEMU_CFLAGS"
-;;
-esac
-
 if test "$have_asan" = "yes"; then
   QEMU_CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address $QEMU_CFLAGS"
   QEMU_LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address $QEMU_LDFLAGS"