diff --git a/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/intel.py b/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/intel.py
index 2dd08e7..1df2a99 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/intel.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/intel.py
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ class IntelEM64TFCompiler(IntelFCompiler):
         return ['-fPIC']
 
     def get_flags_opt(self):
-        return ['-openmp -fp-model strict']
+        return ['-fPIC <FFLAGS>']
 
     def get_flags_arch(self):
-        return ['-xSSE4.2']
+        return ['']
 
 # Is there no difference in the version string between the above compilers
 # and the Visual compilers?
