diff --git a/Shorewall/action.New b/Shorewall/action.New
index 55eed7f75..4f454b531 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.New
+++ b/Shorewall/action.New
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ if ( my $check = check_state( 'NEW' ) ) {
     perl_action_helper( $action, $check == 1 ? "$globals{STATEMATCH} NEW" : '' , 'NEW' );
 }
 
-allow_optimize( get_action_chain );
-
 1;
 
 ?END PERL;