diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index b792b0cf1e..9b710019a7 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -1126,10 +1126,10 @@ def CompileCxx(obj,src,opts):
 
             if (optlevel==1): cmd += " /MDd /Zi /RTCs /GS"
             if (optlevel==2): cmd += " /MDd /Zi"
-            if (optlevel==3): cmd += " /MD /Zi /GS- /O2 /Ob2 /Oi /Ot /fp:fast"
+            if (optlevel==3): cmd += " /MD /Zi /GS- /O2 /fp:fast"
             if (optlevel==4):
-                cmd += " /MD /Zi /GS- /Ox /Ob2 /Oi /Ot /fp:fast /DFORCE_INLINING /DNDEBUG /GL"
-                cmd += " /Oy /Zp16"      # jean-claude add /Zp16 insures correct static alignment for SSEx
+                cmd += " /MD /Zi /GS- /O2 /fp:fast /DFORCE_INLINING /DNDEBUG /GL"
+                cmd += " /Zp16"      # jean-claude add /Zp16 insures correct static alignment for SSEx
 
             cmd += " /Fd" + os.path.splitext(obj)[0] + ".pdb"