diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/clippy/Cargo.toml
index 2add525b7e8..b3618932ded 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,13 +65,6 @@ harness = false
 name = "dogfood"
 harness = false
 
-# quine-mc_cluskey makes up a significant part of the runtime in dogfood
-# due to the number of conditions in the clippy_lints crate
-# and enabling optimizations for that specific dependency helps a bit
-# without increasing total build times.
-[profile.dev.package.quine-mc_cluskey]
-opt-level = 3
-
 [lints.rust.unexpected_cfgs]
 level = "warn"
 check-cfg = ['cfg(bootstrap)']