diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index a9578106d..b82c5ad1e 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -858,13 +858,14 @@ sub compiler {
 	if ( ( my $optimize = $config{OPTIMIZE} ) & OPTIMIZE_MASK ) {
 	    progress_message2 'Optimizing Ruleset...';
 	    #
+	    # Optimize the ruleet
+	    #
+	    optimize_ruleset if $optimize & OPTIMIZE_RULESET_MASK;
+	    #
 	    # Optimize Policy Chains
 	    #
-	    optimize_policy_chains if ( $optimize & OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK2n4 ) == OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK; # Level 2 but not 4
-	    #
-	    # More Optimization
-	    #
-	    optimize_ruleset if $config{OPTIMIZE} & OPTIMIZE_RULESET_MASK;
+	    optimize_policy_chains if $optimize & OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK;
+	    optimize_policy_chains;
 	}
 
 	enable_script;
@@ -928,16 +929,16 @@ sub compiler {
 
 	    optimize_level0;
 
-	    if ( ( my $optimize = $config{OPTIMIZE} ) & 0x1e ) {
+	    if ( ( my $optimize = $config{OPTIMIZE} ) & OPTIMIZE_MASK ) {
 		progress_message2 'Optimizing Ruleset...';
 		#
-		# Optimize Policy Chains
-		#
-		optimize_policy_chains if ( $optimize & OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK2n4 ) == OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK; # Level 2 but not 4
-		#
 		# Ruleset Optimization
 		#
 		optimize_ruleset if $optimize & OPTIMIZE_RULESET_MASK;
+		#
+		# Optimize Policy Chains
+		#
+		optimize_policy_chains if $optimize & OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK;
 	    }
 
 	    enable_script if $debug;
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index ceac0c6b8..d724d8f59 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( internal => [ qw( create_temp_script
 
 				       OPTIMIZE_MASK
 				       OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK
-				       OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK2n4
 				       OPTIMIZE_RULESET_MASK
 				       OPTIMIZE_ALL
 				     ) , ] ,
@@ -555,7 +554,6 @@ use constant {
 #
 use constant {
 	       OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK    => 0x02 , # Call optimize_policy_chains()
-	       OPTIMIZE_POLICY_MASK2n4 => 0x06 ,
 	       OPTIMIZE_RULESET_MASK   => 0x1C , # Call optimize_ruleset()
                OPTIMIZE_MASK           => 0x1E , # Do optimizations beyond level 1
 	       OPTIMIZE_ALL            => 0x1F , # Maximum value for documented categories.