diff --git a/.github/actions/generate_pyccel_config/action.yml b/.github/actions/generate_pyccel_config/action.yml
index 050e78dd..3dc6c3ad 100644
--- a/.github/actions/generate_pyccel_config/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/generate_pyccel_config/action.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ runs:
                 file=open('pyccel_c_gnu.json','w'))
         # Fortran Intel
         config = json.load(open('pyccel_fortran_intel.json'))
-        config['general_flags'].extend(['-O3', '-xHost', '-mavx', '-fast', '-unroll', '-vec', '-simd'])
+        config['general_flags'].extend(['-O3', '-xHost', '-mavx', '-fast', '-unroll', '-vec'])
         print(json.dumps(config, indent=4),
         # C Intel
                 file=open('pyccel_fortran_intel.json','w'))
         config = json.load(open('pyccel_c_intel.json'))
-        config['general_flags'].extend(['-O3', '-xHost', '-mavx', '-fast', '-unroll', '-vec', '-simd'])
+        config['general_flags'].extend(['-O3', '-xHost', '-mavx', '-fast', '-unroll', '-vec'])
         print(json.dumps(config, indent=4),
                 file=open('pyccel_c_intel.json','w'))
       shell: python