diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5418d711b7846e2ebd2ca68270a95baf1f9e35b3..efafb817ca921ef3999b7d7d0c84bd3dee56ab58 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ enough).
     ./configure --prefix=PREFIX --enable-single --enable-sse --enable-mpi --enable-openmp --enable-threads
     make
     make install
-    ./configure --prefix=PREFIX --enable-sse --enable-sse2 --enable-mpi --enable-openmp --enable-threads
+    ./configure --prefix=PREFIX --enable-sse2 --enable-mpi --enable-openmp --enable-threads
     make
     make install