diff --git a/pybind_interface/Makefile b/pybind_interface/Makefile
index f9693c82c..2c30f678e 100644
--- a/pybind_interface/Makefile
+++ b/pybind_interface/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endif
 
 # The flags for the compilation of the simd-specific Pybind11 interfaces
 PYBINDFLAGS_BASIC = $(PYBINDFLAGS)
-PYBINDFLAGS_SSE = -msse4.1 $(PYBINDFLAGS)
+PYBINDFLAGS_SSE = -msse4 $(PYBINDFLAGS)
 PYBINDFLAGS_AVX2 = -mavx2 -mfma $(PYBINDFLAGS)
 PYBINDFLAGS_AVX512 = -mavx512f -mbmi2 $(PYBINDFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/pybind_interface/sse/CMakeLists.txt b/pybind_interface/sse/CMakeLists.txt
index fee561006..195af28c3 100644
--- a/pybind_interface/sse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pybind_interface/sse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if(WIN32)
     # This prevents a conflict with /RTC1 in DEBUG builds.
     add_compile_options($<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:Debug>>:/O2>)
 else()
-    add_compile_options(-msse4.1 -O3 -flto=auto)
+    add_compile_options(-msse4 -O3 -flto=auto)
 endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 4fef3e3fe..6b5eee410 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SSE_FILES =
 AVX2_FILES =
 AVX512_FILES =
 ifneq (,$(HAVE_SSE))
-    SSE_FLAGS ?= -msse4.1
+    SSE_FLAGS ?= -msse4
     SSE_FILES := $(wildcard *_sse_test.cc)
 endif
 ifneq (,$(HAVE_AVX2))