diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index 355dcb07d957..df886088f322 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  # See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50339
-  F77_INTEGER_8_FLAG = if openblas.blas64 then "-fdefault-integer-8" else "";
-
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-readline"
     "--with-blas=openblas"