diff --git a/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin b/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin
index 21f84c997..28bf6bbe9 100755
--- a/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin
+++ b/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-: unix wrapper for macOS cc : 2020-05-13 :
+: unix wrapper for macOS cc : 2020-07-17 :
 
 HOSTTYPE=darwin.generic
 
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ do	case $op in
 		;;
 	-lm)	continue
 		;;
-	-O)	arg='-Os'  # default to small code: Apple compiles its /bin/ksh with -Os
-		;;
 	esac
 	set "$@" "$arg"
 done
diff --git a/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin07 b/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin07
index 13c384ace..a29930caf 100755
--- a/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin07
+++ b/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin07
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-: unix wrapper for Mac OS X 10.3-10.6 (Darwin 7-10) cc : 2012-01-20 :
+: unix wrapper for Mac OS X 10.3-10.6 (Darwin 7-10) cc : 2020-07-17 :
 
 HOSTTYPE=darwin07.generic
 
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ do	case $op in
 		;;
 	-lm)	continue
 		;;
-	-O)	continue
-		;;
 	esac
 	set "$@" "$arg"
 done
diff --git a/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin11 b/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin11
index 198abff98..23766681e 100755
--- a/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin11
+++ b/src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin11
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-: unix wrapper for Mac OS X 10.7 (Darwin 11) cc : 2013-11-07 :
+: unix wrapper for Mac OS X 10.7 (Darwin 11) cc : 2020-07-17 :
 
 HOSTTYPE=darwin11.generic
 
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ do	case $op in
 		;;
 	-lm)	continue
 		;;
-	-O)	continue
-		;;
 	esac
 	set "$@" "$arg"
 done