diff --git a/Formula/fontconfig.rb b/Formula/fontconfig.rb
index b199e5b0c4..a174225788 100644
--- a/Formula/fontconfig.rb
+++ b/Formula/fontconfig.rb
@@ -46,13 +46,10 @@ class Fontconfig < Formula
 
   keg_only :provided_pre_mountain_lion
 
-  option :universal
-
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
   depends_on "freetype"
 
   def install
-    ENV.universal_binary if build.universal?
     system "autoreconf", "-iv" if build.head?
     system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
                           "--disable-silent-rules",