diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 05f6ba3af07539dc6c8d2fb6ba65437a5eb8e99d..a84d34abaf751528310a12d252accdb4613cf5f4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ if(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PREPROCESS_ON)
       set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PREPROCESS_ON -fpp)
     endif()
-  else()
-    # Set line limit to none for GNU compiler (default is 132) to enable long
-    # __FILE__ macro:
-    add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:Fortran>:-ffree-line-length-none>)
   endif()
 endif()