--- a/numpy/meson.build
+++ b/numpy/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
   add_project_link_arguments(gcc_link_args, language: ['c', 'cpp'])
   # Force gcc to float64 long doubles for compatibility with MSVC
   # builds, for C only.
-  add_project_arguments('-mlong-double-64', language: 'c')
   # Make fprintf("%zd") work (see https://github.com/rgommers/scipy/issues/118)
   add_project_arguments('-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1', language: ['c', 'cpp'])
 endif