diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8d6035edbb0a70b9e6c4e7f272c643d39dcadc2d..081686e4c56cd99c51c5c7912a7656577afeb420 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS += $(IPOPT_CPPFLAGS)
 noinst_PROGRAMS = cosserat-continuum rodobstacle rod3d harmonicmaps harmonicmaps-eoc dirneucoupling rod-eoc
 
 cosserat_continuum_SOURCES  = cosserat-continuum.cc
-cosserat_continuum_CXXFLAGS = $(UG_CPPFLAGS) $(AMIRAMESH_CPPFLAGS) $(IPOPT_CPPFLAGS) $(PSURFACE_CPPFLAGS) -fopenmp
+cosserat_continuum_CXXFLAGS = $(UG_CPPFLAGS) $(AMIRAMESH_CPPFLAGS) $(IPOPT_CPPFLAGS) $(PSURFACE_CPPFLAGS)
 cosserat_continuum_LDADD    = $(UG_LDFLAGS) $(AMIRAMESH_LDFLAGS) $(UG_LIBS) $(AMIRAMESH_LIBS) \
                               $(IPOPT_LDFLAGS) $(IPOPT_LIBS) $(PSURFACE_LDFLAGS) $(PSURFACE_LIBS)