diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fa2b020f59bc8a099e3ba8e3afdedecb4bbfc40b..4558866de861507a04095e3263241843a4959520 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ set(PROJECT_URL "http://github.com/humanoid-path-planner/hpp-fcl")
 
 setup_project()
 
-set(FCL_HAVE_SSE FALSE CACHE BOOL "Enable SSE vectorization")
-
 add_required_dependency("eigen3 >= 3.0.0")
 set(FCL_HAVE_EIGEN TRUE)
 include_directories(${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/include/hpp/fcl/config-fcl.hh.in b/include/hpp/fcl/config-fcl.hh.in
index e8a2448f228a288f0ec446edacfa5bb81fe23a6c..e095389def4aea73ee68bca6b79f9ba3b0e3ebce 100644
--- a/include/hpp/fcl/config-fcl.hh.in
+++ b/include/hpp/fcl/config-fcl.hh.in
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 
 #cmakedefine01 FCL_HAVE_EIGEN
 
-#cmakedefine01 FCL_HAVE_SSE
 #cmakedefine01 FCL_HAVE_OCTOMAP
 #cmakedefine01 FCL_HAVE_FLANN
 #cmakedefine01 FCL_HAVE_TINYXML