diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 145b114..79b89ea 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ IRC
 
 ``#sendapatch`` on ``chat.freenode.net``.
 
+Compiling on Snow Leopard
+=========================
+
+Since, for some reason, compiling Python extensions under Mac OS X 10.6 won't
+use the proper ``-arch`` flag to ``gcc``, here's how you'd do it::
+
+    $ CFLAGS="-arch x86_64" LDFLAGS="-arch x86_64" python setup.py build
+
 Change Log
 ==========
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 13d0314..0a297c2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@ if "LIBMEMCACHED_DIR" in os.environ:
 
 readme_text = open("README.rst", "U").read()
  
-BASE_CFLAGS = ["-O3"]
-BASE_LDFLAGS = []
-
-mac_snow_leopard = (os.path.exists("/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/") and
-                    int(os.uname()[2].split('.')[0]) >= 8)
-
-if mac_snow_leopard:
-    # Only compile the 64bit version on Snow Leopard
-    # libmemcached should also be compiled with make
-    #    CFLAGS="-arch x86_64"
-    # else one will expereince seg. faults
-    BASE_LDFLAGS.extend(['-arch', 'x86_64'])
-    BASE_CFLAGS.extend(['-arch', 'x86_64'])
-
 pylibmc_ext = Extension("_pylibmc", ["_pylibmcmodule.c"],
                         extra_compile_args=BASE_CFLAGS,
                         extra_link_args=BASE_LDFLAGS,