diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 7ab671d2d..79570509c 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-09-22  James Bowman  <james.bowman@ftdichip.com>
+
+	* configure.host (ft32): minimise newlib code size
+
 2015-09-04  James Bowman  <james.bowman@ftdichip.com>
 
 	* configure.host: Add ft32 support.
diff --git a/newlib/configure.host b/newlib/configure.host
index 1315d0972..6e2f98f23 100644
--- a/newlib/configure.host
+++ b/newlib/configure.host
@@ -143,12 +143,7 @@ case "${host_cpu}" in
         ;;
   ft32*)
         machine_dir=ft32
-        target_optspace=yes
-        # newlib_io_float=no
-        default_newlib_io_long_long="yes"
-        newlib_cflags="-DPREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED -Os"
-        CFLAGS="-Os"
-        CCASFLAGS="-Os"
+        newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -DPREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED"
         ;;
   h8300)
 	machine_dir=h8300