diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 674dd72..f8b1f5d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ def build_extensions(self):
                 "--disable-auto-ptr",
                 "--enable-allcxxplugins",
                 "--enable-cgal-header-only",
-                "--enable-cgal",
                 "--enable-swig",
                 "--enable-pyext",
                 f'LDFLAGS={env["LDFLAGS"]}',