diff --git a/jdk/make/sun/splashscreen/Makefile b/jdk/make/sun/splashscreen/Makefile
index 22a5525ca00..0df06e4482e 100644
--- a/jdk/make/sun/splashscreen/Makefile
+++ b/jdk/make/sun/splashscreen/Makefile
@@ -85,13 +85,6 @@ vpath %.c   $(PLATFORM_SRC)/native/$(PKGDIR)/splashscreen
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(PLATFORM_SRC)/native/$(PKGDIR)/splashscreen -I$(SHARE_SRC)/native/$(PKGDIR)/splashscreen
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(SHARE_SRC)/native/$(PKGDIR)/image/jpeg -I$(SHARE_SRC)/native/java/util/zip/zlib-1.1.3
 
-ifeq ($(PLATFORM), linux)
-  ifeq ($(ARCH_DATA_MODEL), 64)
-    # 64-bit gcc has problems compiling MMX instructions.
-    # Google it for more details. Possibly the newer versions of
-    # the PNG-library and/or the new compiler will not need this
-    # option in the future.
-    CPPFLAGS += -DPNG_NO_MMX_CODE
-  endif
-endif
-
+# Shun the less than portable MMX assembly code in pnggccrd.c,
+# and use alternative implementations in C.
+CPPFLAGS += -DPNG_NO_MMX_CODE